Cheshire East School Screener - Middlewich, United Kingdom - Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
3 weeks ago
Description
Exciting opportunity to be part of the 0-19+ team in Cheshire East as one of two School Health Screeners (varying hours) to work in the Central and South areas.
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 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.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 School Health Screener in the 0-19+ Team to work with the Central Team.
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 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.
Julia Bryant, Quality Lead at the Trust, shares her experience of working within the organisation's children and young people's services.
You can also visit our dedicated children and young people's website to find out more about our services.
About the Trust
Our local and community based services support people to live well and independently, including:0-19 / 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services
Community Nursing
Sexual Health Wirral
Community Cardiology
Walk-in centres
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.
You can read more about the Trust via the careers section on our website.
Works across Cheshire East 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 and hearing and vision screening. Support the immunisation campaigns
Deal with enquiries from parents generated from the height and weight monitoring and hearing and vision screening 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, vaccination 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.
Daily input of screening data.
Assist in producing reports on screening and immunisations 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, scales, audiology and screening equipment.
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