Employer Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Catherines Health Centre Town Birkenhead Salary £24,937 - £26,598 pa (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 02/12/2025 23:59
School Health Screener 0-19
Band 3
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multidisciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Job overview
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?
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 outstanding0-19 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 job
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 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.
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
* 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Works across Wirral 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.
* Deal with enquiries from parents generated from the height and weight monitoring 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 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 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 and scales. Ensure equipment is safe by testing and reporting faults or concerns to Screening Programme Co‑ordinator.
* Works in accordance with current Trust policies and procedures, ensuring safeguarding procedures are maintained.
* Assists in the learning experience of students in their community placement and participates in the orientation of new team members.
* Liaises with other statutory agencies and voluntary agencies as appropriate.
* Participates and contribute to regular management supervision with Line Manager.
* Participates in annual appraisal and PDR as per Trust policy.
* Possesses the Trust’s core competencies for role and attends mandatory training relevant to role.
* As a lone worker adheres to the Trust health and safety and lone working policies.
Administration
* Maintains accurate paper and computer records as outlined in the NMC guidelines
* Works in accordance with the Trust’s policies/procedures and clinical guidelines.
* Reports any absence from duty to the Screening Programme Co‑ordinator and the Service lead in accordance with Trust guidelines.
* Maintains own professional development.
* Attends essential learning in line with Trust guidelines.
The post holder will be required to undertake any other duties and responsibilities within the framework of the post.
Person specification
Qualifications and Professional Training
* NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care/Child Care or equivalent experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Brief Intervention/Motivational interviewing trained
Experience and Knowledge
* Experience in a health related post
* Experience of working with children and young people
* Experience of liaising with other agencies
* Knowledge of safeguarding issues
* Knowledge of the National Child Measurement Programme
* Experience of data collection for reportsExperience of vision and audiology screening
Skills and Attributes
* Good verbal, non verbal and written communication skills
* Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
* Ability to work as part of a team and independently
* Effective interpersonal skills
* Empathetic and motivational communication style
* Ability to facilitate groups and discussions
* Good organisational and time management skills
* Access to a car for work purposes
* Commitment
* Vision
Further Information:
Closing Dates: Candidates are advised to apply early. The Trust reserves the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications are received.
Reference Information: Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/ education history over the last three years and include valid business email addresses for them. The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family.
Salary Expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part-time positions, salaries are pro-rata.
Restricted Applications: Staff on the Trust's Redeployment Register will be given priority access to vacancies at their substantive band.
Flexible Working: Flexible working is very important to the Trust in both the provision of this to staff and also in staff supporting the provision of our services.
A.I. Tools: Please note, the selection processes at Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
English Language: In order to comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, we are required to ensure that all employees possess the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English. If you have not studied at an English speaking institute, or do not possess an English language qualification, you should provide evidence in your application of how you meet this requirement.
Student Visas: Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
* applied for a Graduate visa
* or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to discharging its statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and will support staff to fulfil this duty.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
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