Team Lead School Nursing - Band 7

Are you looking to move to band 7 Team Lead post, are you wanting to work in a highly successful Trust?

At Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, we make sure our systems and processes meet all national and organisational standards and we invest heavily in employing and keeping highly, committed staff.

We are seeking a full time highly motivated and innovative School Nurse to join us working as a team lead in the borough of Richmond. You will be working in highly motivated and well supported team and working to address the public health needs of within our borough.  We have good links with the multi-disciplinary team and our stakeholders.  

Main duties of the job

Whilst you will be a Health Visiting team lead, our service ensures we fully embrace the 0-19 Years integrated service working with all partner services. There many staff benefits when working for our trust which include career development, travel and wellbeing support.

We strive to deliver the best care and uphold our Trust’s values.

If you align with our Trust values and possess strong leadership skills to lead our skill mix teams to improve the health and wellbeing of our diverse families in Richmond, we invite you to apply for this role.

Working for our organisation

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
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

Detailed job description and main 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, so as 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.

Person specification Education/Qualifications Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• PHSE credited course
• Evidence of other post registration education and training in specialist areas e.g., Epilepsy, allergies

Experience Essential criteria

• Recent health visiting or school nursing experience
• Coordinating and leading multi-skilled teams
• Coordinating health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
• Collaborating as part of a multidisciplinary team and engaging in inter-agency working
• Organizing and managing own workload and that of others
• Undertaking comprehensive health assessments and implementing evidence-based care programs
• Writing care plans
• Developing the public health agenda
• Teaching and mentoring others
• Receiving and delivering clinical supervision

Desirable criteria

• Innovative practice or project management
• Line managing team members
• Developing clinical standards and protocols

Skills & Knowledge Essential criteria

• Knowledge of recent developments in public health nursing and health and social care legislation
• Current knowledge of safeguarding children guidelines and relevant legal aspects
• Understanding of the public health agenda and community health care needs
• Appropriate clinical skills (e.g., administration of immunizations)
• Knowledge of quality issues, audit processes, and clinical governance
• Familiarity with the NMC Code
• Understanding of Personal Development Planning
• Knowledge of clinical supervision
• Implementation of equality and diversity practices
• Managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
• Evidence-based practice implementation
• Ability to work independently, prioritize workload, and delegate effectively
• Flexibility and responsiveness to client and organizational needs
• Leadership skills to motivate a team toward a shared vision
• Making informed decisions under pressure
• Information technology utilization
• Critical appraisal skills and research evidence application
• Effective communication (both written and verbal)
• Adaptability and openness to new ways of working
• Office management and caseload organization
• Multidisciplinary teamwork
• Motivation for continuous learning and development
• Support for others’ learning in the practice environment

Key Attributes Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including active listening
• Strong work organization, self-motivation, and flexibility
• Commitment to openness, honesty, and integrity
• Competence in using clinical and IT systems
• Ability to perform duties with or without adaptations.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification