Team Leader and Specialist Interest Lead for Champions Teams

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting)

Full-Time Positions

Community-based, child and family-focused, corporate team with safe working conditions

Children and families are at the heart of our work in Croydon, a vibrant and exciting place to work. We are seeking dynamic, forward-thinking Band 7 leaders to enhance the innovative initiatives already underway.

Are you an experienced Health Visitor looking to step into a leadership role, managing safe corporate caseloads while supporting a specialist interest area? Croydon Health Services is looking for qualified and experienced Health Visitors eager to develop their leadership skills and shape the future of Public Health Nursing.

We offer 7 specialist areas aligned with the 6 High Impact Areas of the Healthy Child Programme. This unique model within London provides an exceptional opportunity to work at Band 7 level in Health Visiting while managing a caseload. You will lead initiatives across the borough, such as:

• Team leadership and governance
• Complex needs, SEND
• Safeguarding children
• Addressing inequalities, including homeless health
• Practice education and facilitation
• Infant feeding, healthy weight, and nutrition
• Maternal mental health and perinatal-infant mental health

We are eager to hear from dynamic Band 7 leaders to further Croydon's innovative efforts.

Main duties of the job

Team leader/Specialist Interest Lead for teams of Champions

Croydon Health Visiting is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the borough's children, young people and families through a commissioned contract with London Borough of Croydon. The service is seeking strong and enthusiastic leaders to continue the service development and improvement through leadership and innovation.

If you have essential experience as a health visitor, have experience of managing change, if you are quality focused we want to hear from you.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 13th August 2024

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role.

Interview date: TBC

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• SCPHN Qualification (Health Visitor)
• Registered Nurse
• At least 3 years experience as a health visitor
• evidence of continuous professional development
• Practice Supervisor/ Practice Assessor

Desirable

• educated to masters or willingness to work towards

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

• Experience of implementing evidence based practice
• Experience of line managing staff
• Experience of managing service change
• Experience of the delivery of Healthy Child Programme
• Significant knowledge of safeguarding policy

Desirable

• Knowledge of commisioning and KPIs

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of the current priorities for health visiting
• Experience of working with families regarding safeguarding
• Experience of caseload management

Skills and Abilites

Essential

• Ability to facilitate and lead team development
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Ability to manage complex situations

Desirable

• Presentation Skills

Employer details

Employer name

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Address

12-18 Lennard Road

12 -18 lennard Road

Croydon

CR9 2RS

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