School Nurse Assistant
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Job summary
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a School Nurse Assistant to support the Healthy Child Programme for children aged 0 to 19. The role involves weighing and measuring, audiology screening and promoting health and wellbeing among children and young people.
Working 30 hours per week as term time only, Monday to Friday 9am–5pm, with a flexible arrangement. The post offers NHS terms and conditions including annual leave and benefits.
Qualifications
- Educated to NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a clinical environment.
- Relevant further study or short course appropriate to post eg office management.
Responsibilities
- Carry out duties as directed by the School Nurses to enable them to make the most effective and efficient use of clinical time.
- Organise group activities and teaching sessions for schools to enable the teams to deliver the Health Child Programme 0-19
- Undertaking the growth monitoring of children within schools and record and report results to school nurse in accordance with existing SOPs.
- Undertake hearing screening and record and report results to school nurse in accordance with existing SOPs.
Education
Job description
Main area Nursing and Midwifery Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours
- Part time
- Term time hours
Employer Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site One Stockport Family Hub Garners Lane Town Stockport Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 16/11/2026
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our School Nursing Team as a School Nurse Assistant. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0 to 19, including weighing and measuring children as part of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), undertaking audiology screening, and promoting the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
30 hours Term Time Only - To be worked flexibly Monday to Friday 9am until 5pm
Carry out duties as directed by the School Nurses to enable them to make the most effective and efficient use of clinical time.
Organise group activities and teaching sessions for schools to enable the teams to deliver the Health Child Programme 0-19
Undertaking the growth monitoring of children within schools and record and report results to school nurse in accordance with existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’S).
Undertake hearing screening and record and report results to school nurse in accordance with existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’S)
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed
- Educated to NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a clinical environment
- Relevant further study or short course appropriate to post eg office management
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