Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to work with the School Health Screening team, coordinating the delivery of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) and School Entry Vision and Screening Programmes.

This is a year round part time role of 30 hours per week.

The post holder will be working across the Trafford, promoting uptake of the screening programmes and have the responsibility of the day to day supervision of the screening team.  The post holder will be responsible for coordinating the school visits, service provision in school and data collection of both programmes.

The post holder will work with the Clinical Lead for School Nursing, Audiology and Orthoptist colleagues to ensure consistent high standards of referrals and programme delivery are achieved and will also need to be able to manage their own workload.

Some experience of health promotion Screening would be an advantage, but full training will be given.

A key aspect of the role involves daily and direct (e.g. face to face and telephone) communication with participants/clients, relatives, carers, and other health and social care professionals.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to the coordination and running of the school aged screening programmes in Trafford and contribute to maintaining uptake of all programmes

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.