School Health Screener

The closing date is 15 December 2025Exciting opportunity to be part of the 0-25 team in Knowsley as a Part time; Term Time School Health ScreenerDo 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.Main duties of the jobHelp support to develop the 0-25 Health and Wellbeing services working in partnership with the Local Authority, partner agencies and Primary Care Team.Deliver the school aged screening programme for the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).Develop and deliver health care and health promotion, using evidence based practice and professional leadership and management.Contribute to the development of best practice and facilitate shared learning to develop services and initiatives that meet local needs, in relation to the aims and objectives of the Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.Develop effective links with key people in delivering services to enable people to improve their own health.You can visit our dedicated children and young people's website to find out more about our services.About UsAbout the TrustThe Trust’s local and community based services support people to live well and independently, including:0-19 / 0-19+/0-25 Health and Wellbeing ServicesCommunity NursingSexual Health WirralCommunity CardiologySpeech and Language TherapyTeletriageCommunity DentalSocial CareEnd of Life CareAs 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.Job responsibilitiesPlease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details about this exciting role.Person SpecificationQualifications and Professional TrainingNVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care/Child Care or equivalent experienceEvidence of continuing professional developmentBrief Intervention/Motivational interviewing trainedExperience and KnowledgeExperience in a health related postExperience of working with children and young peopleExperience of liaising with other agenciesKnowledge of safeguarding issuesKnowledge of the National Child Measurement ProgrammeExperience of data collection for reportsExperience of vision and audiology screeningSkills and AttributesGood verbal, non verbal and written communication skillsAbility to use email, internet and word processing softwareAbility to work as part of a team and independentlyEffective interpersonal skillsEmpathetic and motivational communication styleAbility to facilitate groups and discussionsGood organisational and time management skillsAccess to a car for work purposesCommitmentVisionDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Employer nameWirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust #J-18808-Ljbffr