Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Children's Community Nursing Team in Knowsley we are looking for an experienced/skilled and passionate Clinical Team Leader.
We are looking to recruit a Clinical Team Leader to manage and support the team in providing high quality care to children, young people and their families with complex health needs.
The successful candidate will be required to manage the team and also clinically lead the service contributing to clinical care.
The Team also includes an element of specialist school nursing into BlueBell Park. Please see person specification for futher essential clinicial skills required.
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in service development of the team, the post holder will work closely with the wider Children, Young People and Families (CYP) teams within the St Helens, Knowsley and Mid- Mersey area.
This post is subject toan enhanced with children's and adult's barred listDisclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Main duties of the job
The post consists of being a key worker, sharing your knowledge within the team to junior staff, developing a strong therapeutical relationship with the CYP and their families, and empowering the CYP and their families to lead and take ownership of their own health plans/ needs.
The team you will be joining is a well-established team , within Knowsley and who have developed good working relationships across Knowsley with local stake holders. They have recently attained a good plus throughout all areas and pride themselves on keeping the trust values and morals at the forefront of the daily working day.
We will ensure that you have access to training and the appropriate knowledge, clinical skills, competence, and confidence required to deliver child-specific to the needs of our caseload population.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Plan and manage complex activities and programmes that require constant adjustment to meet the changing needs of children/young people.
Using additional equipment the child/young person may require on a daily basis, or in an emergency.
Have an awareness of the support required for children/young people with tracheostomys.
Care of children/young people requiring urinary catheters and peg feeds in the school and community settings in line with a competency framework.
To be a trainer in specific areas of clinical expertise in order to train new team members as well as school staff when appropriate.
Facilitate training from specialist nurses for education staff for the children/young people when appropriate.
Support the child/young person, families and carers at the end-of-life stage including bereavement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Plan and manage complex activities and programmes that require constant adjustment to meet the changing needs of children/young people.
Using additional equipment the child/young person may require on a daily basis, or in an emergency.
Have an awareness of the support required for children/young people with tracheostomys.
Care of children/young people requiring urinary catheters and peg feeds in the school and community settings in line with a competency framework.
To be a trainer in specific areas of clinical expertise in order to train new team members as well as school staff when appropriate.
Facilitate training from specialist nurses for education staff for the children/young people when appropriate.
Support the child/young person, families and carers at the end-of-life stage including bereavement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent qualification (evidence of study at degree level or higher)
- Post Graduate Specialist community children's Nurse (CCN)
- Independent and supplementary prescriber V300
- Professional Registration with relevant professional body
- Clinical Examination and Diagnostics
Desirable
- First line management & leadership qualification
- Evidence of CPD/Short courses
- Mentorship/ Practice assessor qualification
- Coaching/supervision qualification
VALUES
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in specialist area
- Experience of management and clinical leadership
- Experience of successful multi-agency working
- Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
- Understanding how other agencies work
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
Desirable
- Experience of delivering education and training programmes in specialist area
skills
Essential
- IT literate
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to understand and analyse complex data
- Risk assessment skills
- Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues
- Self-management and motivation skills
- Report writing skills
- Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent qualification (evidence of study at degree level or higher)
- Post Graduate Specialist community children's Nurse (CCN)
- Independent and supplementary prescriber V300
- Professional Registration with relevant professional body
- Clinical Examination and Diagnostics
Desirable
- First line management & leadership qualification
- Evidence of CPD/Short courses
- Mentorship/ Practice assessor qualification
- Coaching/supervision qualification
VALUES
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in specialist area
- Experience of management and clinical leadership
- Experience of successful multi-agency working
- Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
- Understanding how other agencies work
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
Desirable
- Experience of delivering education and training programmes in specialist area
skills
Essential
- IT literate
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to understand and analyse complex data
- Risk assessment skills
- Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues
- Self-management and motivation skills
- Report writing skills
- Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Desirable
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
