Service Manager - Health Visiting & School Nursing Service

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

To be the lead Nurse for the Public Health Nursing service for Redcar & Cleveland Council responsible for Public Health Nursing practise in the council

To ensure that the Public Health Nursing service - Heath Visiting and School Nursing service delivers high performing, cost effective services, to children, young people and their families.

To provide assurance to the Assistant Director Children and Families with regard the Redcar and Cleveland Council Public Health Visiting / School Nursing Service

The overall purpose of this role is to:

- Lead the strategic development of public health nursing services which meet the needs of children, young people and their families.

-Continually develop services to ensure that they are responsive to any changing needs and demands.

- Manage performance within the post holders area of responsibility.

- Ensure all services have a clear focus on the protection of children and young people and the public health priorities for children, young people and families

- Ensure the Councils Services are excellently managed in ways which secure strong and effective partnership working.

Ensure the service provides good value for money and is managed within its allocated budget

Relationships:

Accountable to: Assistant Director Children and Families

Accountable for: Health Visiting / School Nurse Teams

General Contacts: Engages with Elected Members, other Directorates, the Senior Management Team, internal and external stakeholders and children and young people and their families.

Key duties and responsibilities:

1. To ensure that a responsive and inclusive approach is provided to meet the needs of children, young people and their families.

2. To provide effective leadership and management of services and people.

3. To be accountable and responsible for the professional leadership of public health nurses and ensure there are robust communications pathways to ensure all staff are aware of relevant professional issues

4. Delivery of the CQC registration standards for Health Visiting / School Nursing Services

5. To work alongside the team leaders to ensure that all nursing staff maintain clinical competence and professional registration and work within professional codes of conduct and local policies and procedures.

6. To ensure that child protection policies are consistently applied within the service and that all regulatory requirements are met.

7. The day-to-day management and control of all services within the post holders area of responsibility including the management of staff, budgets and performance.

8. To ensure all current statutory requirements in respect of Childrens Public Health Nursing Services within the post holders responsibility are met and strategies are developed to meet future requirements.

9. To ensure that a safe, professional Public Health Nursing service is delivered to children, young people and their families.

10. To ensure that services are planned, quality assured and delivered in a cost-effective way.

11. To ensure that the service contributes to working in an integrated way and is committed to building partnerships across the Directorates and with other agencies.

12. To ensure a one team approach is adopted across the Directorate and that there is a shared responsibility for contributing to the wider success of the Council.

13. To ensure that there are robust professional supervision and support arrangements in place across the service.

14. To ensure that children, young people and families are provided with the highest quality and range of services at all times.

15. To lead on service planning arrangements and contribute to the wider Divisional service planning process.

16. To provide expert professional leadership to those providing a service to the most vulnerable.

17. To play an active role with partner agencies to secure better outcomes for children and young people.

18. To ensure effective workload management systems are in place and consistently applied across the service.

19. To lead on all matters relating to the quality and performance of the service within the post holders area of responsibility.

20. To establish and maintain an effective network of partner agencies with regards to the Delivery of The Healthy Child Programme 0 19 years across the Council - voluntary sector and individuals working in the field of Childrens Services on a national, regional and local level.

21. To possess sound, highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability and confidence to represent the services positively within a complex multi-agency environment through high quality written and verbal communication

22. To ensure proper meaningful involvement of children and young people and their families in all aspects of service development. To ensure all financial and budgetary requirements in respect of the service are managed efficiently and effectively.

23. To identify annual training needs of the public health nursing teams and administrative staff

24. To develop systems to ensure that all staff is kept up to date in their training with regard to child protection procedures and that effective child protection protocols/procedures are in place for all locality teams.

25. Lead responsibility for the development, implementation and review of nursing and clinical policies, procedures and guidelines to support best evidence-based practice.

26. Oversee professional competence/practice disciplinary investigations and ensure Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) policy and standards are being adhered to as well as trust Human Resources policies

General/Corporate Responsibilities:

1. To undertake such duties as may be commensurate with the seniority of the post

2. To ensure that the Councils corporate Health & Safety policy is followed and training is undertaken in all pertinent health and safety procedures

3. To partake in the Councils and Directorates staff training and development policies as well as the Councils system of performance appraisal

4. To treat all information gathered for the Council and Directorate, either electronically or manually, in a confidential manner

5. All employees are required to demonstrate a commitment when carrying out their duties which promotes and values diversity and the equality of opportunity in relation to employees and service users which is in line with the Councils Equality & Diversity Policy.

6. To be responsible for identifying and managing all risks associated with the job role through effective application of internal controls and risk assessments to support the achievement of Corporate and Service objectives

7. To ensure the highest standards of customer care are met at all times

8. To ensure the principles of Value for Money in service delivery is fundamental in all aspects of involvement with internal and external customers

9. To ensure that the highest standards of data quality are achieved and maintained for the collection, management and use of data.

10. To ensure that incidents are reported and Management action is taken if required to prevent reoccurrence

11. To positively promote the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and ensure that it is recognised that Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility; and to engage in appropriate training and development opportunities which enhance an individuals knowledge and skill in responding to children, young people and vulnerable adults who may be in need of safeguarding.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Successful extensive managerial experience within a Childrens Public Health Nursing Health Visiting or School Nursing Services Setting
• Experience of working on a multi-agency basis and working within localities
• Experience in the management of people
• A seasoned professional

Desirable

• Experience and knowledge of performance management and quality assurance systems

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Nursing Qualification RGN, SCPHN Health Visitor or School Nursing

Desirable

• Degree, Masters or appropriate management or professional qualification

Skills

Essential

• Detailed knowledge of the legislative framework for Public Health Nursing Services
• Understanding of the principles of integrated working and locality-based delivery.
• Understanding of the challenges facing the childrens public health nursing workforce.
• Ability to manage budgets and control costs
• Understanding of the role of commissioning, including joint-commissioning.
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to drive change and implement improvements.
• Ability to maintain a strong team ethos and a goal-orientated approach
• Ability to gain and maintain the respect of key partners
• Political awareness
• Analytical and strategic planning skills

Desirable

• Project management

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).

Employer details

Employer name

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Address

Sure Start

Rainbow Lane

Redcar

Cleveland

TS10 1RR

Employer's website

https://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/Pages/default.aspx (Opens in a new tab)