We are seeking a creative and an innovative Health Visiting Team Leader with evidence based, substantive clinical and leadership experience and skills as well as highly developed communication skills to lead one of the health visiting locality based in Bermondsey health centre. Together, you will be providing leadership support to staff and care to local families.

My family and I wouldn't be this well at this stage without the help and support of this service. Join us and become part of the health visiting service that supports children and families in Lambeth and Southwark, helping to give children a good start in life.

Closing Date: 23rd September 2024

Interview Date: 4th October 2024

Main duties of the job

Applicants should be responsive to the current models of delivering the Healthy Child Programme, be able to work in any of our existing teams/localities, demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and be able to assess and identify children and families with safeguarding concerns and have an in-depth understanding of children & young people's health issues both locally and nationally. You must be the able to work on your own initiative as well as lead the team, be flexible in delivering care, and well organised.

Although you will be working within a primary Health Visiting locality, this role requires you to be able to work in other sites within and across the two Boroughs in the Trust. You will need to be able to travel within, and able to arrive for the start of the working day within these sites. This requirement will be driven by the needs of the service.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and creating a sense of belonging and fun for all our teams caring for women, children and families. When you join us, you become a valued member of the Evelina London community and can access the wider Evelina and Nightingale education academies.

Working with us you will have access to numerous benefits:

• A mobile device, android phone and personal protection device whilst in practice allowing you to work more flexibly and staff to achieve a better work/life balance
• The opportunity to apply to the Evelina Eranda Rothschild Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship programme, which provides education, training and mentorship to nurses and midwives who have an idea for a project which will improve patient experience. Open to all grades of nursing staff.
• Access to our HEI partners e.g. Kings College London for Masters level education opportunities
• Annual season ticket loan
• Care First - our excellent employers' benefits service who have extensive resources

Job description

Job responsibilities

The team leader will provide effective and efficient leadership to the health visiting team within the designated area and ensure all families with children Under 5 years have information of how to access universal services.

The post holder will work with the Community Matron on new initiatives, working with multidisciplinary team to foster effective partnerships with the various agencies - Early years / Childrens centre staff, social workers and GPs to meet the needs of vulnerable children and families.

Please see attached Job Description for further details of Duties and Responsibilities.

Person Specification

Physical Requirements & Additional Information

Essential

• Adherence to manual handling policy
• Be flexible and adaptable to the change in demand of the service.
• Highly motivated, enthusiastic individual

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Essential

• Ability to assess plan and evaluate care packages
• Ability to use the Assessment Framework as a tool for assessment and recording
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
• Highly developed interpersonal and time management skills.
• Diplomacy, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Proficient use of IT packages - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to acknowledge own limitations and challenges and seek advice & support.
• Ability to work with staff to achieve performance targets for the health visiting service.

Desirable

• Management skills

Experience

Essential

• Significant recent experience of working as a health visitor delivering the Healthy Child programme
• Working across organisational and professional boundaries.
• Team working, supervision and appraisal of staff.
• Teaching and assessing learners.
• Working with diverse families.
• Understanding and experience of analysing information related to the service.
• Experience of managing a team.

Desirable

• Experience of providing complex packages of care, which involves other agencies.

Qualifications/ Education

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Registered Nurse Priscriber
• Current NMC Registration
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse- Health Visiting
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Diploma or Degree level

Desirable

• Registered Nurse - Child Branch
• Management qualification
• Masters degree in health and or social science

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bermodsey health centre

108 Grange Rd, London

London

SE1 3BW

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