School Nursing Team Leader

Main duties of the job

To encourage, support and promote integrated working with all agencies within Sandwell to meet the needs of the Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) within the Borough. Develop positive partnerships at all levels. To promote excellence in practice and act as a role model in Clinical Leadership for the integrated CYPF service, and ensure roles are clearly integrated to the Clinical Governance agenda within the Trust. Empower staff to be creative and innovative in practice with organisational support. To work cohesively with staff to address and prioritise the operational objectives and ensure response is aligned to expectations outlined.

To work alongside the Clinical Lead to redesign and develop community health services for CYPF in accordance with national and local public health agenda. To have responsibility for the operational line management of the School Nursing team.

Responsibility for School Nursing caseloads Leadership and operational management of the School Nursing Team. Cover for other Team Leaders in their absence and represent the Clinical Lead on Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Hospitals Trust wide steering groups. Day to day operational management of the School Nursing Team.

To support an innovative and driven team of public health nurses to make a difference in the lives of the children young people and families of Sandwell.

To manage and support staff across all roles in delivering the healthy child programme and developing innovative ways in partnership in reaching the population of Sandwell using compassion and community based approaches.

To play a key role in supporting staff health and well being as well as developing staff in their ambitions and career development.

Qualifications

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) degree
• Evidence of continued professional development
• NMC registered Nurse
• Teaching qualification e.g. 998/ SLAIP or equivalent

Experience

• Extensive current experience in School Health Nursing at SCPHN level
• Extensive experience of strategic interagency partnership working.
• Evidence of experience working with children, young people and families
• Evidence of leading/managing innovation/ change in clinical practice
• Evidence of incorporating Public Health priorities into practice.
• Experience of self-management and managing others
• Awareness of current legislation relating to Safeguarding and how it relates to practice.
• Awareness of National & Local policies around public health.
• Experience of clinical supervision and as a facilitator for supervision (or willingness to undertake)
• Experience of undertaking research
• Change 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.