School Screener

Exciting opportunity to be part of the 0-19+ team in Cheshire East as a School Health Screener to work in the North.

Do you fancy a career with an award winning integrated health and care NHS Foundation Trust?

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens and Knowsley.

We take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.

We currently deliver outstanding 0-19 and 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services across Wirral, Cheshire East and St Helens and Knowsley, supporting over 250,000 children and young people. Our dedicated, innovative and forward-thinking children and young people’s services have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of families in our communities.

We work closely with our commissioners and partners to deliver the best possible services for the children, young people and families.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time enthusiastic, well organised and flexible School Health Screener in the 0-19+ team band 3 to work in the North. As the role is based around school, applicants need to work flexibly around school hours. This may in some cases require working 8 to 4 or 9 to 5 depending on service need/location of school etc.

To help support to develop the 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing services working in partnership with the Local Authority, partner agencies and Primary Care Team.
To deliver the school aged screening programme for audiology, vision and the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).
To develop and deliver health care and health promotion, using evidence based practice and professional leadership and management.
To contribute to the development of best practice and facilitate shared learning to develop services and initiatives that meet local needs, in relation to aims and objectives of Wirral Community Health and Care NHS
Foundation Trust.
To develop effective links with key people in delivering services to enable people to improve their own health.

You can also visit our dedicated children and young people’s website to find out more about our services.

About the Trust

Our local and community based services support people to live well and independently, including:
0-19 / 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services

Community Nursing

Sexual Health Wirral

Community Cardiology

Walk-in centres

Speech and Language Therapy

Teletriage

Community Dental

Social Care

End of Life Care

As a Trust, we provide extensive continuous professional development opportunities through a diverse range of learning solutions, including virtual and face-to-face events, webinars and action learning sets. We subscribe to numerous memberships and licences to support staff development and continuous learning.

You can read more about the Trust via the careers section on our website.

Works across Cheshire East supporting delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19+.

Deliver the school aged screening programme for audiology, vision and the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).

Plan, organise and liaise with schools to undertake height and weight monitoring and hearing and vision screening. Support the immunisation campaigns

Deal with enquiries from parents generated from the height and weight monitoring and hearing and vision screening programme. informing parents in relation to the results of their child’s weight and engage in difficult conversations with those who have a child that is overweight.

Provide advice to pupils, parents/carers and school staff regarding the screening, vaccination and obesity monitoring programmes.

Provides a holistic approach to promoting health and wellbeing whilst undertaking unsupervised contact, recognising when to liaise and report to registered clinical staff.

Provide health education sessions to children in schools e.g. healthy eating

Daily input of screening data.

Assist in producing reports on screening and immunisations figures and uptake for service area.

Assist in the development of materials and activities for inclusion in health promotion and behaviour change programmes.

Promotes positive health to individuals, families, groups, communities and relevant agencies.

Prepare Health Education displays and maintain materials/leaflets, including ordering and stock management.

Responsible for the safe use of screening and the transportation of equipment, which includes: height measures, scales, audiology and screening equipment. Ensure equipment is safe by testing and reporting faults or concerns to Screening P