School Health Screener

Job summary

Exciting opportunity to be part of the 0-19 team in Wirral as a part time School Health Screener

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.

To help support the development of the 0-19 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 aims and objectives of 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.
• Provide advice to pupils, parents/carers and school staff regarding the screening and obesity monitoring programmes.
• Provide health education sessions to children in schools (e.g., healthy eating).
• Daily input of screening data.
• Assist in producing reports on screening figures and uptake for service area.
• Assist in the development of materials and activities for inclusion in health promotion and behaviour change programmes.
• Promote positive health to individuals, families, groups, communities and relevant agencies.
• Prepare Health Education displays and maintain materials/leaflets, including ordering and stock management.
• Ensure the safe use of screening and the transportation of equipment, including height measures and scales.
• Work in accordance with current Trust policies and procedures, ensuring safeguarding procedures are maintained.
• Support the learning experience of students in their community placement and participate in the orientation of new team members.
• Liaise with other statutory agencies and voluntary agencies as appropriate.
• Participate and contribute to regular management supervision with Line Manager.
• Participate in annual appraisal and PDR as per Trust policy.
• Possess the Trust’s core competencies for the role and attend mandatory training relevant to role.
• As a lone worker adhere to the Trust health and safety and lone working policies.

• Maintain accurate paper and computer records as outlined in the NMC guidelines.
• Work in accordance with the Trust’s policies/procedures and clinical guidelines.
• Report any absence from duty to the Screening Programme Co‑ordinator and the Service lead in accordance with Trust guidelines.
• Maintain own professional development.
• Attend essential learning in line with Trust guidelines.

About the Trust

Our local and community based services support people to live well and independently, including:

• 0-19 / 0-19+/0-25 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

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