# Child Health Screener

**Company**: London Borough of Newham
**Location**: London Borough of Newham, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 32,535 - 33,987 per year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Child Health Screener to join our dynamic School Health Team. This exciting role is based in schools, alternative education provisions, youth zones, and community spaces across the borough. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of school health professionals, addressing the health needs of children, young people, and their families in line with the Healthy Child Programme (5–19 years).

The successful candidate will proactively work to reduce the impact of vision and hearing concerns to support children to access their education, delivering high-quality and evidence-based care.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities:**

- Deliver the National Child Measurement Programme, and vision and hearing screening for children and young people.

- Support and provide parent advice coffee morning sessions.

- Complete onward referrals to other community health services for specialist support.

- Develop and maintain multi-agency partnerships at school and borough levels.

- Promote and increase the visibility of school health services in local communities.

- Maintain accurate electronic records using the RiO system.

**Person Specification:**

- Essential Qualifications: NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent, Maths and English GCSE C or equivalent foundation skills, Childhood Studies Level 2.

- Essential Experience: Significant post-registration experience working with children, young people, and families. Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures and multi-agency collaboration.

- Essential Skills and Knowledge: Strong clinical leadership skills, excellent communication, interpersonal, and report-writing abilities, knowledge of child development issues, competence in using clinical and administrative IT systems, understanding and commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion principles.

**Benefits:**

- Flexible starting salary within the allocated grade for the right candidates.

- Subsidised leisure passes.

- Generous local government annual leave allowance.

- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.

- Continued access to the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) for health professionals who meet eligibility criteria.

- Recognition of previous NHS continuous service.

- Support for advanced clinical training and a comprehensive workforce development package.

- Clear competency frameworks and career progression pathways.

- Access to smart technology to support modern working practices.

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## Skills

### Required
- Childhood Studies
- RiO system
- clinical leadership
- communication
- interpersonal skills
- report-writing
- child development
- IT systems
- equality
- diversity
- inclusion

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