School Health Screener

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health organization in Liverpool seeks a Part time Term Time School Health Screener to support health services for children. The role involves developing health programs, delivering screening for the National Child Measurement Programme, and promoting health within the community. Ideal candidates should have an NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care/Child Care and experience working with children. This position is part of a dedicated team aiming to improve child health outcomes in local areas.

Benefits

Continuous professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in a health related post.
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues.
• Experience working with children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Help develop the 0-25 Health and Wellbeing services.
• Deliver the National Child Measurement Programme.
• Develop health care and health promotion.

Skills

Good verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Time management skills

Interpersonal skills

Empathetic communication

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care/Child Care or equivalent experience

Evidence of continuing professional development

Job description

The closing date is 15 December 2025

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

• Help support to develop the 0-25 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 the aims and objectives of the 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.

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

About Us

About the Trust

The Trust’s 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.

You can read more about the Trust via the careers section on our website.

Job responsibilities

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

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 reports
• Experience 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust