Job overview

The School Health Services consist of School Nursing and Healthy Schools. They operate citywide across Manchester working in partnership with schools to improve the health outcomes of children, young people, and their families. Comprising of child focused functions, namely, School Health Screening; Healthy Schools; Healthy Weight Team and the Healthy Child Programme (HCP), the School Health Service contributes to tackling health inequalities by addressing the city’s key public health priorities for children. The role is citywide with an expectation of all functions to be accessed to gain experience within the School Health Service. 

Main duties of the job

Provide a public health-based service that contributes to improving the health of children and their families in Manchester through partnership working work within a multi-agency arena to enable children and young people to reach their full potential (physically, emotionally, and socially) through education and healthy lifestyles.

Working in partnership with families and other agencies contribute to the assessment framework for children in need/ Early Help Assessment processes.

Within the scope of professional practice and using appropriate frameworks assess, plan, deliver and evaluate the health needs of specific groups of children e.g., looked after children, children with additional needs.  

Demonstrate the ability to co-ordinate and manage own workload including data collection, maintenance of records and ensuring that reporting mechanisms are in place and working effectively Complete health assessments for children and young people as required.

To contribute to the SEND agenda and EHC by supporting schools if required by providing relevant information to compile care plans and to co-ordinate care plan involvement in supporting the child in school or other settings

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & 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.