Job summary
If you are ready for a Team Leader's position within an Integrated Public Health Nursing Service managing a progressive, forward thinking, and innovative team of Public Health Nurses then we would like to hear from you. A vacancy has arisen for a Locality Team Leader in the Brent Locality 0-19 service. This is a full-time post within the locality of Willesden.
In order to be eligible for this post, applicants must be a qualified Specialist Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) - Health Visiting.
Brent has a multi- cultural community, providing the opportunity to work with a diverse population As a Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring a safe and effective delivery of service and leadership with the implementation of the Healthy Child Programme within the Health Visiting Service and 0-5's Core Programme.
Your role will be to manage and delegate work to a defined locality team, ensuring appropriate skills are used to plan and deliver public health care identified within the core programme. In addition, you will have an overview of the profiled health needs for the local community ensuring that the 0-19 service meets the needs of the local population that resources are utilised effectively, and any service gaps identified and addressed. This is to include meeting the requirements of the service level agreements and the school health profiles.
Main duties of the job
You will be of support for members of the team and attend meetings as and when required and feedback to the Locality Lead and take on extra responsibilities within the service, as requested by the Locality Lead and Clinical Services Unit Manager (CSU).
You will provide professional leadership and management for the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Teams, particularly in relation to caseload management and leading the development of staff.
We work very closely with our partner agencies to enrich the mix of skills available and strengthen our position as a service provider. Working within the area of Willesden are Health Visitors, School Health Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses, Infant Feeding.
You need to have a passion for working with children, young people and families and have a comprehensive understanding of the PublicHealthAgenda in Brent. It is essential that you also have a thorough knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme (0-19), and Central London Community Healthcare Values.
It is essential applicants can meet the travel requirements of the post.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London - (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Support with gaining your driving license *T&C's apply
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To establish and maintain a good working relationship with colleagues, the wider CSU health care team and other health, education, and social care providers, to provide a comprehensive service to clients
- To provide facilitative and supportive leadership and management to the public health team members
- To have line management responsibility for the team including authorising annual leave via Allocate, monitoring of sickness absence, recruitment, performance management and application of HR policies as necessary including accurate recording
- To initiate and where appropriate take the lead responsibility for service development activities.
- Together with colleagues across the CLCH NHS Trust identify and manage the levels of staffing required to meet service needs utilising established resources
- To ensure the even distribution of work amongst team members, delegating and assigning roles and work as necessary to meet statutory and locally agreed deadlines
- Assist and where appropriate lead on all elements of the recruitment and selection of staff
- To take appropriate action regarding any accident or incident to client, staff or visitor within the scope of the post holders responsibility and in line with CLCH NHS Trust policy, and to report on DATIX
- To be responsible for the care and safekeeping of equipment issued for personal and team use within the scope of the post holders responsibility and in line with CLCH NHS Trust policy.
- To actively chair and participate in and record team meetings
- To be a member of working parties and groups e.g., shared governance and quality improvement considering aspects of the service and professional practice as required
- To apply equal opportunities in practice considering own behaviour and the needs of clients and colleagues
- To assist in monitoring related budgets, and ensuring budgetary issues are considered in the development and provision of the service with the Clinical Lead
- To deputise for the Clinical Lead as agreed
- To work collaboratively with the Professional Lead for Childrens Nursing on aspects of clinical practice
- To set objectives and review performance for team members identifying individual training and development needs ensuring all staff in the team are participating in managerial supervision at 4-6 weekly 1:1s
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To establish and maintain a good working relationship with colleagues, the wider CSU health care team and other health, education, and social care providers, to provide a comprehensive service to clients
- To provide facilitative and supportive leadership and management to the public health team members
- To have line management responsibility for the team including authorising annual leave via Allocate, monitoring of sickness absence, recruitment, performance management and application of HR policies as necessary including accurate recording
- To initiate and where appropriate take the lead responsibility for service development activities.
- Together with colleagues across the CLCH NHS Trust identify and manage the levels of staffing required to meet service needs utilising established resources
- To ensure the even distribution of work amongst team members, delegating and assigning roles and work as necessary to meet statutory and locally agreed deadlines
- Assist and where appropriate lead on all elements of the recruitment and selection of staff
- To take appropriate action regarding any accident or incident to client, staff or visitor within the scope of the post holders responsibility and in line with CLCH NHS Trust policy, and to report on DATIX
- To be responsible for the care and safekeeping of equipment issued for personal and team use within the scope of the post holders responsibility and in line with CLCH NHS Trust policy.
- To actively chair and participate in and record team meetings
- To be a member of working parties and groups e.g., shared governance and quality improvement considering aspects of the service and professional practice as required
- To apply equal opportunities in practice considering own behaviour and the needs of clients and colleagues
- To assist in monitoring related budgets, and ensuring budgetary issues are considered in the development and provision of the service with the Clinical Lead
- To deputise for the Clinical Lead as agreed
- To work collaboratively with the Professional Lead for Childrens Nursing on aspects of clinical practice
- To set objectives and review performance for team members identifying individual training and development needs ensuring all staff in the team are participating in managerial supervision at 4-6 weekly 1:1s
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification- school nursing or health visiting BSc or diploma
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
- Mentor training
- IT Literate
Desirable
- PHSE credited course
- Evidence of other post registration education and training in specialist areas e.g., Epilepsy, allergies
Experience
Essential
- Recent health visiting or school nursing experience
- Experience of coordinating and leading multi-skilled teams
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
- xperience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working. Ability to facilitate joint working practices
- Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health assessments, planning, and implementing evidence-based programmes of care
- Writing care plans
- Experience of developing the public health agenda
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience of receiving and delivering clinical supervision
Desirable
- Experience of innovative practice or project management.
- Experience of line managing team members
- Experience of developing clinical standards and protocols
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of recent developments in public health nursing and health and social care legislation
- Current knowledge of safeguarding children's guidelines and relevant legal aspects
- Knowledge of the public health agenda and the health care needs of individuals in the community
- Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills i.e., administration of immunisations
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Knowledge of NMC Code
- Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Knowledge of how equality and diversity can be implemented in practice
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Knowledge of implementing evidence-based practice
- Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and that of others
- Able to delegate work effectively and safely
- Ability to be flexible and responsive to client and organisational needs
- Ability to lead and motivate a team towards a shared vision of the health visiting service
- Ability to make informed decisions under pressure
- Be able to use information technology
- Ability to make informed decisions under pressure
- Be able to identify and access sources of information to inform practice
- Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working
- Office management and caseload organisational skills
- Able to work in a multidisciplinary team
- Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service
- Willingness to facilitate and support the learning and development of others in the practice environment
Key Attributes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good listening skills
- High level of work organization, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty, and integrity in undertaking the role
- Ability to use clinical and IT systems required of the role
- Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification- school nursing or health visiting BSc or diploma
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
- Mentor training
- IT Literate
Desirable
- PHSE credited course
- Evidence of other post registration education and training in specialist areas e.g., Epilepsy, allergies
Experience
Essential
- Recent health visiting or school nursing experience
- Experience of coordinating and leading multi-skilled teams
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
- xperience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working. Ability to facilitate joint working practices
- Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health assessments, planning, and implementing evidence-based programmes of care
- Writing care plans
- Experience of developing the public health agenda
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience of receiving and delivering clinical supervision
Desirable
- Experience of innovative practice or project management.
- Experience of line managing team members
- Experience of developing clinical standards and protocols
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of recent developments in public health nursing and health and social care legislation
- Current knowledge of safeguarding children's guidelines and relevant legal aspects
- Knowledge of the public health agenda and the health care needs of individuals in the community
- Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills i.e., administration of immunisations
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Knowledge of NMC Code
- Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Knowledge of how equality and diversity can be implemented in practice
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Knowledge of implementing evidence-based practice
- Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and that of others
- Able to delegate work effectively and safely
- Ability to be flexible and responsive to client and organisational needs
- Ability to lead and motivate a team towards a shared vision of the health visiting service
- Ability to make informed decisions under pressure
- Be able to use information technology
- Ability to make informed decisions under pressure
- Be able to identify and access sources of information to inform practice
- Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working
- Office management and caseload organisational skills
- Able to work in a multidisciplinary team
- Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service
- Willingness to facilitate and support the learning and development of others in the practice environment
Key Attributes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good listening skills
- High level of work organization, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty, and integrity in undertaking the role
- Ability to use clinical and IT systems required of the role
- Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations
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).
