School Health Screener

Job overview

Exciting opportunity to be part of the 0-25 team in Knowsley as a Part time; Term 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.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a School Health Screener in the 0-25 team in Knowsley

To  help support to develop the 0-25 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.

You can visit our dedicated children and young people’s website to find out more about our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details about this exciting role