Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 349-LCO-7939884*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wythenshawe Office
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Healthy Weight Nurse (SCPHN SN/SCPHN HV)
Band 6
Job overview
The Healthy Weight Nurse will provide effective and comprehensive weight management to support severely obese children and their parents/carers who have been identified through the National Child Measurement Programme, by health visitors, health professionals and education ensuring that care is evidenced based and safe levels of intervention are delivered.
The Healthy Weight Nurse will support parents/carers, young people and children around healthy lifestyles and deliver the Healthy Weight Offer for their allocated caseload (citywide).
Main duties of the job
The new post holder will also be expected work collaboratively with the wider school health team and partner agencies around supporting healthy weight in children and young people as well as meeting our statutory obligations around safeguarding.
This role presents a real opportunity to broaden your skill-set in policy and strategy, caseload management and multidisciplinary working while at the same time making a difference and having a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of Manchester's children, young people and their families.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.
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To help us manage applications fairly and give each one the time it deserves, our adverts may close early if we receive a high level of interest. Early applications are therefore encouraged.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.
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Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.
Person specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level Registered Nurse Adult/Child
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification [SN/HV]
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post registration education and training in field related subject
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates evidence of continued professional development
- Demonstrates experience in delivering health promotion and health education programmes
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates experience working within safeguarding children
- Demonstrates experience of delivering weight management support to children and their parents/carers
Skills/Ability
Essential criteria
- Evidence of utilising evidenced based practice and appraising standards, providing clinical direction and support for staff
- Demonstrates leadership skills and understanding of professional responsibilities within the team
- Able to establish and maintain key relationships with colleagues and other disciplines both internally and externally
- Effective communication skills both written and verbal
- Demonstrate the ability to facilitate and support implementation of service development within a team
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of health and social care policy relating to children’s services to include safeguarding
- Detailed knowledge of national and local strategies relating to the Healthy Child Programme and the Local/National obesity strategies.
- Detailed knowledge of issues related to weight management and healthy lifestyles
- Knowledge and understanding of health promotion and/or public health
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- IT skills - the ability to use Microsoft packages, e.g. word, email, and PowerPoint
- Ability to access information using internet
- Willing and able to travel city wide for work purposes
- Flexible and adaptable to changing needs in the service. Willing to provide service out of hours as and when required, e.g. parents evening
- Respects the values, culture and beliefs held by others
- Has a full driving licence and has access to a car
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Tutty
- Job title
- Clinical Healthy Weight Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07870906793
- Additional information
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