Job responsibilities
Children in Care Council, 2016
We need workers who think about how they treat us. This means
workers who treat us fairly and who show us they care. We dont want
to be labelled and we should be treated like normal people; dont look
down on us.
Workers need excellent communication skills, this includes listening skills. Our workers need to be
able to listen to our views, ask how and what we are feeling and make sure they understand what we
are saying by checking back with us. We expect our workers to demonstrate that they respect us and
our experience in real ways by not taking phone calls during meetings, and by writing down what we
say and talking in short simple language.
Finally, we expect our workers to work hard for us. This means doing what they say they will do,
sticking to promises and not making excuses. We expect our workers to respond promptly to us and
provide up to date contact details, especially for out of hours. It is important that workers build good
relationships with us and are flexible and willing to change their view and always do what is best for
us.
Job Purpose:
The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the day-to-day clinical and
operational leadership and management of public health nursing (health visiting/school
nursing teams) for a designated geographical area.
Ensures the delivery of an effective and appropriate service that identifies need within a
family, school or community and addresses health inequalities. This includes first line
safeguarding advice and supervision
To support the development and implementation of service development, standard
setting, clinical audit and benchmarking, to deliver needs-led evidence based care that
supports the local and national priorities.
Promote effective patient and public involvement in the development and delivery of
services.
To be the principal point of contact for allocated GP practices, childrens centres,
schools and the private and voluntary providers and facilitate partnership working. To
develop and deliver co-operative working arrangements that support healthy outcomes
for children, young people and their families
Ensures robust and accurate data recording systems are in place within the locality and
that this is monitored regularly
To take a lead on specific public health priorities or project requirements across
localities
Practice within the NMC code and Devon County Council policies and procedures
This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and
fluency in English.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Responsible for planning, developing and implementing systems and procedures that
ensure that the public health nursing team delivers responsive care within the allocated
resources.
Responsible for providing cover for other Public Health Nurse Team Managers as
required
Responsible for working collaboratively with other Public health Nurse Team Managers
and business support team leaders within a hub model to provide services across a
wider geographical area.
Responsible for the delivery of the national and local commissioned public health
priorities e.g. breastfeeding & NCMP
Responsible for evidencing delivery of service priorities and outcomes and addressing
challenges arising in relation to this.
Management and supervision of direct line reports (school nurses and health visitors)
including initial safeguarding supervision and completion of appraisals.
Management of initial HR issues e.g. recruitment, sickness absence, performance and
undertake investigations
Have financial oversight for the team budget and meet financial targets. This includes
authorised signatory for overtime payments, bank staff, time sheets etc
Responsible for authorising expenditure and holds budgetary accountability for the
procurement of physical assets and supplies e.g. community equipment.
Managing and developing the team to deliver the healthy child programme and meet
key performance indicators.
Ensuring all team members have the competencies to undertake their role
Ensuring robust data returns and data validation
Engage with key stakeholders both internal and external and promote good working
relationships
Uphold the organisations values and promote positive behaviours in the team and wider
organisation
Patient Care Responsibilities:
To monitor and develop clinical practice and ensure clinical standards are evidence
based and adhere to national and local guidance and policy
Completion of audits and implementation of action plans from audits, complaints etc
Support the development of quality initiatives and engage in the quality and governance
agenda e.g. internal quality reviews, completion of annual quality account
Provides specialist clinical guidance to staff and other agencies in area of expertise
Participates in child protection case conferences, network meetings, and other multi-agency meetings as appropriate and supports team members in the safeguarding
process
Freedom to Act:
Acts as an autonomous public health nurse manager accountable for own professional
actions.
Responsible for recognising the needs of the service, identifying risk and making
autonomous decisions to provide appropriate management of the public health nursing
team
Ensures that accurate and contemporaneous records are kept by staff in the team
Escalates risk appropriately e.g. to line manager, safeguarding supervisor
Location/Mobility
You may be required to work at, or from, any additional location as may be determined
by the organisation from time to time. The organisation also reserves the right from time
to time to change your base on a permanent basis to a reasonable location determined
by it at the time the change is made.
You may also be required to travel between premises for the performance of your
duties.
This document outlines the duties for the time being to indicate the level of
responsibility. It is not a comprehensive or exclusive list and the duties may be varied
from time to time which do not change the general character to the job or the level of
responsibility entailed.
Please refer to the full Job Description & Person Specification on the right hand side when completing your application.
