Job summary
To lead the delivery of locality services in line with the Trust's strategic direction,ensuring the delivery of high value, patient centred, responsive and efficient patientcare.
To work effectively with the designated operational contacts for local partners i.e. Schools, GP practices, CAMHs Teams, London Borough of Camden's Services for Children and Families ensuring effective communication and partnership working.
To ensure school nursing is delivered in a highly professional and clinically safemanner, in accordance with local and national policies and procedures, including compliance with Nursing and Midwifery Council & Care Quality Commission standards.
To provide management and clinical leadership to staff within areas of responsibility,ensuring implementation of and compliance with policies and procedures.
To take responsibility for ensuring effective capacity and demand managementacross the service in order to meet agreed activity levels, in line with the service specification and performance indicators
To be responsible for ensuring Quality Improvement measures are developed andimplemented within areas of service responsibility.
Main duties of the job
Line management of the school nursing team leaders and Business Support Officer.
Ensure service performance meets the agreed KPIs on a termly and yearly basis, taking corrective action where required.
Ensure that children in Camden Schools with medical conditions or other other additional needs have care planning arrangements in school that support their safety on site.
Engage with the Camden Public Health Equity and Equality Agenda to ensure that the school nursing service puts sufficient focus and resource into supporting the needs of the families who stand to benefit most from the service.
Work in partnership with the Vaccination UK school immunisation programme to achieve a substantial level of vaccination uptake in Camden schools.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
About us
There's a place for you at CNWL.We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.Providingtop quality caredepends on our ability to employ the best people.We're always looking torecruit outstanding peoplewho will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With adiverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead the delivery of locality services in line with the Trusts strategic direction,ensuring the delivery of high value, patient centred, responsive and efficient patientcare.
To work effectively with the designated operational contacts for local partnersi.e. Schools, GP practices, CAMHs Teams, London Borough of Camdens Services for Children and Families ensuring effective communication and partnership working.
To ensure school nursing is delivered in a highly professional and clinically safemanner, in accordance with local and national policies and procedures, including compliance with Nursing and Midwifery Council & Care Quality Commission standards.
To provide management and clinical leadership to staff within areas of responsibility,ensuring implementation of and compliance with policies and procedures.
To take responsibility for ensuring effective capacity and demand managementacross the service in order to meet agreed activity levels, in line with the service specification and performance indicators
To be responsible for ensuring Quality Improvement measures are developed andimplemented within areas of service responsibility.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead the delivery of locality services in line with the Trusts strategic direction,ensuring the delivery of high value, patient centred, responsive and efficient patientcare.
To work effectively with the designated operational contacts for local partnersi.e. Schools, GP practices, CAMHs Teams, London Borough of Camdens Services for Children and Families ensuring effective communication and partnership working.
To ensure school nursing is delivered in a highly professional and clinically safemanner, in accordance with local and national policies and procedures, including compliance with Nursing and Midwifery Council & Care Quality Commission standards.
To provide management and clinical leadership to staff within areas of responsibility,ensuring implementation of and compliance with policies and procedures.
To take responsibility for ensuring effective capacity and demand managementacross the service in order to meet agreed activity levels, in line with the service specification and performance indicators
To be responsible for ensuring Quality Improvement measures are developed andimplemented within areas of service responsibility.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Qualification.
- Knowledge and expertise in management acquired through in depth experience or theoretical study, equivalent to post graduate level
- Clinical qualification to first degree level or equivalent
- Evidence of ongoing clinical and managerial development
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to write effective and engaging reports for a wide variety of audiences
- Ability to successfully manage and chair service meetings
- Ability to successfully engage with head teachers and other members of school leadership teams
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in an NHS clinical service management/leadership role.
- Experience of working with different professional disciplines
- Evidence of management and leadership in complex & changing organisation circumstances
- Implementing strategies to meet changing organisational needs including the ability to translate this into key operational objectives
- Planning and performance management skills and techniques
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS and social care policy and directives (as relevant)
- Knowledge and experience of governance systems and processes
- Knowledge of current safeguarding procedures.
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written, including the ability to liaise and negotiate
- Knowledge of barriers to understanding & ability to explain complex issues simply.
- Ability to establish positive relationships and mutual respect with people at all levels
- Ability to inspire and motivate
- Ability to chair high level meetings
- Able to challenge professional opinion
- Excellent self-management skills
- Able to analyse and interpret complex data
- Comprehensive understanding of the NHS environment and issues
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Ability to evaluate options and develop clear and realistic implementation plans
- Computer literate including use of spreadsheets and databases and PowerPoint
Attitudes, Aptitudes and Personal Qualities
Essential
- Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Qualification.
- Knowledge and expertise in management acquired through in depth experience or theoretical study, equivalent to post graduate level
- Clinical qualification to first degree level or equivalent
- Evidence of ongoing clinical and managerial development
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to write effective and engaging reports for a wide variety of audiences
- Ability to successfully manage and chair service meetings
- Ability to successfully engage with head teachers and other members of school leadership teams
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in an NHS clinical service management/leadership role.
- Experience of working with different professional disciplines
- Evidence of management and leadership in complex & changing organisation circumstances
- Implementing strategies to meet changing organisational needs including the ability to translate this into key operational objectives
- Planning and performance management skills and techniques
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS and social care policy and directives (as relevant)
- Knowledge and experience of governance systems and processes
- Knowledge of current safeguarding procedures.
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written, including the ability to liaise and negotiate
- Knowledge of barriers to understanding & ability to explain complex issues simply.
- Ability to establish positive relationships and mutual respect with people at all levels
- Ability to inspire and motivate
- Ability to chair high level meetings
- Able to challenge professional opinion
- Excellent self-management skills
- Able to analyse and interpret complex data
- Comprehensive understanding of the NHS environment and issues
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Ability to evaluate options and develop clear and realistic implementation plans
- Computer literate including use of spreadsheets and databases and PowerPoint
Attitudes, Aptitudes and Personal Qualities
Essential
- Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
