School Health Assistant

School Health Assistants (SHA) work within the School Nursing Service as part of a skill mix team, supporting the delivery of integrated, evidence-based services for children and their families, with a focus on prevention, promotion, and early intervention. They mainly work in schools but could also work in families’ homes, children centres, health clinics and other community venues.

School Health Assistants are required to deliver Sirona’s Public Health Nursing Service vision engaging with transformation programmes to support change. This includes working in partnership with children, young people, families, and schools to deliver the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) and other health-promoting work relevant to the role.

24 hours per week, term time only based in South Bristol with travel throughout the Bristol localities as required.

• Support the delivery of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) – arranging dates with schools and measuring children’s height and weight, following up in line with national programme guidelines.
• Carry out vision screening as per local guidance – arranging dates, completing screens, capturing data, and managing subsequent referrals and follow up.
• Deliver specified support packages to families, including short‑term, time‑limited interventions and extended brief interventions to support the local NCMP.
• Participate in the planning, organisation, delivery, and evaluation of health promotion activities.
• Prepare health promotion boards that engage children, young people and families with health‑promoting information.
• Perform general administrative and clerical duties as required.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous record‑keeping in line with local and national guidelines and policy.
• Follow agreed processes to ensure that work is focused, time‑limited, and outcomes are shared with the NCMP and Vision Screening Lead, School Nurses, Clinical and Locality leads as appropriate.
• Support the local implementation of the Healthy Child Programme and specific public health programmes such as Extended Brief Intervention programmes.

Agenda for Change salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.