Bank Health Link Workers Band 4

Unpublished
Job-type: 
Organisation Name: 
Health Links
Contact Name: 
Harjinder Kaur
Contact Phone: 
0117 902 7115
Postal Address: 
Charlotte Keel Health Centre Seymour Road Easton Brsitol BS5 0UA
Contact Email: 
ejaz.ahmad@nhs.net
Organisation Website: 
http://
Purchase order number: 
0117 902 7115
Your Ref: 
701-79222
Details: 
Are you interested in joining the Health Links team as a Link Worker? Are you able to work as and when needed? Health Links provides an Interpreting, translating and advocacy service to the Bristol and surrounding area Health Communities. We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals who speak various community languages as well as being proficient in English. The work will involve providing an interpreting service in Health Centres, going on home visits with Health professionals and supporting individuals in accessing health services. Due to current demand in the city we are looking to recruit the following languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali (Dhaka, Sylheti), CZech, Dutch, Farsi, French, Georgian, Guajarati, Hungarian, Kosovon, Kurdish (Sorani), Lingali, Mandarin, Pashtu, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Pashto, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Trigrinya, Turkish, Thai, Tamil Urdu & Vietnamese, Applications from other languages are also welcomed. You will have experience in interpreting, translation, advocacy and a willingness to undertake training appropriate for the role. The interview process requires you to undertake an oral competency test in both English and the specified language(s). The Bristol Community Health is committed to supporting staff development and training will be given. For further information, please contact: Harjinder Kaur, Health Links Administrator 0117 9027115
Description: 

Benefits to you:

* You only accept work when you are available
* Opportunities to work in a range of NHS environments
* Corporate Induction programme

How to Apply: 
How to apply: Applications can be made on line on the following link: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.cgi?selection=912519864&nosession=YES&include_expired=YES&no_app=1&caid=85.24432.1280496208 You can access job description, person specifications and other information on the above link. If you are unable to apply on line and you require an off- line application. Please contact Jeanette Claybourn in the recruitment service on 0117 900 2599 in order to arrange an application pack to be posted out to you. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Compensation Min: 
18,152 Pro Rota
Compensation Max: 
21,798 Pro Rota
Is a Job Pack available: 
Is an Application Form available?: 
Closing Date: 
Monday, 16 August, 2010 - 17:00