Clinical Assistant
| Posting date: | 27 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,476.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27476.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2026 |
| Location: | Keele, ST5 5NT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0338-26-0003 |
Summary
Under supervision you will: Proof read reports and other relevant documentation. Assist with assessments. Have oversight on referrals into the service. Monitor shared email inbox. Deliver structured and unstructured play sessions. Carry out clinical observations Contribute to case formulation meetings and provide these to the MDT for clinical formulation. Support the team with the production of resources and materials that support needs of children and families. Assist with holistic assessment of service users utilising verbal and non-verbal methods of communication, technology, analytical skills, observation skills and clinical reasoning skills. Attend and contribute to meetings and work collaboratively as a member of the MDT. Contribute to clinical records and maintain standards of record keeping in line with policy. Identify and communicate to wider team any issues, concerns or risks relating directly to a child/family as a result of clinical observations. Assists with ad hoc administrative tasks, e.g. telephones, scanning, scheduling. Create resources to support assessment and feedback appointments. Adapt practice to meet needs of individuals with due regard for cultural and linguistic differences and modes of communication such as ESL, signs and symbols. Demonstrate empathy with children, carers, families ensuring that effective communication is achieved, including where barriers to understanding exist. Motivating children and/or carers to engage in the assessment and related activities. Demonstrate an understanding of child development and apply this understanding in practice. Maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of the child and their carers and provide emotional support as required. Support the management of children with behaviours that challenge, including the application of appropriate preventative management strategies. Liaise with families, professionals, voluntary groups and external agencies as required. Prepare rooms in readiness for sessional work in line with pathways and clear away safely at the end of sessions. Participate in regular stock maintenance and cleaning maintenance tasks as part of the wider team.