The SEND School Health Service supports children, young people, and their families through a progressive, needs-based model of care.
The service provides screening, developmental reviews, and guidance to promote parenting and healthy choices in line with current School Health priorities.
The post holder will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support the health and wellbeing of children and young people, including those with mild to severe learning difficulties and complex medical needs.
This role involves delivering clinical care within the school setting to ensure children receive appropriate support and interventions.
The post holder, reporting to the SEND School Health Team Leader, will manage their own clinical and administrative workload, ensuring accurate school health records and supporting children, young people, and families.
They will assist with health promotion activities, immunisation programmes, and public health initiatives, while mentoring new team members and contributing to audits, evaluations, and CQC evidence collection.
The role involves delivering clinical care, including administering medicines and supporting children with complex care needs such as urinary catheters and enteral feeds, following competency frameworks.
The post holder will ensure safe use and maintenance of equipment, communicate effectively with children, families, and school staff, and adhere to MCFT policies, child protection guidelines, and confidentiality standards.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please find Job description attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications:
NVQ Level 3 in a relevant subject, or equivalent
Experience using a range of IT packages, including email and internet
Knowledge & Experience:
Experience working with the general public and in healthcare settings
Experience working with children, parents, and school staff
Ability to support children who may be upset and need individual attention
Understanding of the importance of confidentiality
Experience of working independently and as part of a team
Values:
Commitment to continuous improvement and high professional standards
Accountability, respectfulness, and enthusiasm
Supportive and engaging approach to colleagues and service users
Honest, transparent, and discreet
Responsive to service users and open to change
Skills & Abilities:
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to prioritise and plan workload effectively
Willingness to acquire new skills and contribute to service development
Willingness to undertake clinical duties
Awareness of children with tracheostomies, urinary catheters, stomas, enteral feeds, and associated equipment
Other Requirements:
Ability to carry equipment between clinic bases and schools (light physical effort)
Concentration and focus in one-to-one and group settings
Flexibility to switch tasks as required
Ability to work with children with complex health, social, and environmental needs
Experience working in schools