Health Visiting Team Leader
| Posting date: | 15 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £46,041 to £56,172 per year |
| Additional salary information: | 'welcome payment' of £1500 followed by £1500 after 2 years service |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 June 2024 |
| Location: | Carshalton, South West London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | London Borough of Sutton |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2944 |
Summary
About the Role
Health Visiting Team Leader
Salary £46,041 - £54,129 (unconsolidated maximum £56,172) inclusive of recent pay award
This role has a 'welcome payment' of £1500 followed by £1500 after 2 years service.
Reporting to the Service Manager, we have a great opportunity for a Health Visiting Team Leader to contribute to the successful delivery of the 0-19 health and wellbeing service for children & families.
As a role model to Health visitors, the role will lead in the innovation and participation in the development of the Health Visiting service within Sutton Health & Care.
The Health Visiting Team Leader will provide clinical leadership to the Health Visiting workforce and deliver frontline professional and operational priorities. You will support the 0-19 Service Manager ensuring the safe, effective and person centred care of children & families across the borough.
The role of the Team Leader will include:
Operationally line manage and lead a Health Visitor team in line with the organisational vision in collaboration with the 0-19 Service Manager.
Support the team by working clinically for up to 50% of the role with children & families.
Identifying and addressing the health needs of pre-school children & their families and the community. This includes where appropriate, representing and supporting the 0-19 Service Manager to ensure continued service provision as per the Health Visiting Service Specification.
Be professionally accountable in line with current legislation and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2018)
Work in partnership with existing voluntary and statutory networks
Undertake area wide portfolios of work related to children & families as defined by the 0-19 Service manager.
About Us
Children's Health Service
Our Cheam and South Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington and Central Sutton Specialist Public Health ( 0-19) service (health visiting and school nursing) teams improve outcomes for our children, focusing in particular on improving school readiness, mental health and well-being and our SEND provision.
The service delivers the Healthy Child Programme for children aged 0 - 19 year. We work closely with the iHV. Our service prides itself in active partnership working with the iHV; staff members are encouraged to submit articles related to innovation and evidence-based practice where opportunities arise.
In addition to the above, we offer staff comprehensive training and encourage everyone to undertake personal development opportunities whether in leadership, specialist training around speech and language, children with extra needs, perinatal mental health, alongside personal preferences expressed by individuals to progress their interests and careers. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged. We pride ourselves in hearing staff voices in improving our service provision to the benefit of our resident population here in Sutton.
We offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff allowing you to work flexibly from our main bases, whilst on the move, and at home following the introduction of Google Chromebooks, Apps and technology, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative, streamlined and flexible working. You will get a great feel for working in our friendly and collaborative environment whilst working at Sutton.
For more information on the role and the service, please download the Candidate Pack which can be found towards the bottom of the page. For an informal discussion, feel free to contact the Children's Health Team - Beth Wilson, Head of Children's Service (beth.wilson@sutton.gov.uk) or Jean Crate, Service Manager (jean.crate1@sutton.gov.uk)
About You
To be successful in the role, we would expect you to:
Be a Registered Nurse with the Nurse and Midwifery Council, have a Specialist Public Health Community Nurse qualification health visiting
Relevant post graduate/management qualification or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 3 years post registration experience working as a Health Visitor
Experience of managing change on a range of service related projects, have a good understanding of the importance of partnership working at national, local and corporate level
Experience in providing clinical leadership which inspires and motivates others, empowering them to ensure all practitioners have the authority and support they need to improve patient care, and to resolve clinical issues.
Act as a role model for Health visitors by representing the values and beliefs of the Health Visiting profession as well as those of the organisation promoting staff to work within professional codes, legal and ethical framework.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps.
Health Visiting Team Leader
Salary £46,041 - £54,129 (unconsolidated maximum £56,172) inclusive of recent pay award
This role has a 'welcome payment' of £1500 followed by £1500 after 2 years service.
Reporting to the Service Manager, we have a great opportunity for a Health Visiting Team Leader to contribute to the successful delivery of the 0-19 health and wellbeing service for children & families.
As a role model to Health visitors, the role will lead in the innovation and participation in the development of the Health Visiting service within Sutton Health & Care.
The Health Visiting Team Leader will provide clinical leadership to the Health Visiting workforce and deliver frontline professional and operational priorities. You will support the 0-19 Service Manager ensuring the safe, effective and person centred care of children & families across the borough.
The role of the Team Leader will include:
Operationally line manage and lead a Health Visitor team in line with the organisational vision in collaboration with the 0-19 Service Manager.
Support the team by working clinically for up to 50% of the role with children & families.
Identifying and addressing the health needs of pre-school children & their families and the community. This includes where appropriate, representing and supporting the 0-19 Service Manager to ensure continued service provision as per the Health Visiting Service Specification.
Be professionally accountable in line with current legislation and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2018)
Work in partnership with existing voluntary and statutory networks
Undertake area wide portfolios of work related to children & families as defined by the 0-19 Service manager.
About Us
Children's Health Service
Our Cheam and South Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington and Central Sutton Specialist Public Health ( 0-19) service (health visiting and school nursing) teams improve outcomes for our children, focusing in particular on improving school readiness, mental health and well-being and our SEND provision.
The service delivers the Healthy Child Programme for children aged 0 - 19 year. We work closely with the iHV. Our service prides itself in active partnership working with the iHV; staff members are encouraged to submit articles related to innovation and evidence-based practice where opportunities arise.
In addition to the above, we offer staff comprehensive training and encourage everyone to undertake personal development opportunities whether in leadership, specialist training around speech and language, children with extra needs, perinatal mental health, alongside personal preferences expressed by individuals to progress their interests and careers. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged. We pride ourselves in hearing staff voices in improving our service provision to the benefit of our resident population here in Sutton.
We offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff allowing you to work flexibly from our main bases, whilst on the move, and at home following the introduction of Google Chromebooks, Apps and technology, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative, streamlined and flexible working. You will get a great feel for working in our friendly and collaborative environment whilst working at Sutton.
For more information on the role and the service, please download the Candidate Pack which can be found towards the bottom of the page. For an informal discussion, feel free to contact the Children's Health Team - Beth Wilson, Head of Children's Service (beth.wilson@sutton.gov.uk) or Jean Crate, Service Manager (jean.crate1@sutton.gov.uk)
About You
To be successful in the role, we would expect you to:
Be a Registered Nurse with the Nurse and Midwifery Council, have a Specialist Public Health Community Nurse qualification health visiting
Relevant post graduate/management qualification or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 3 years post registration experience working as a Health Visitor
Experience of managing change on a range of service related projects, have a good understanding of the importance of partnership working at national, local and corporate level
Experience in providing clinical leadership which inspires and motivates others, empowering them to ensure all practitioners have the authority and support they need to improve patient care, and to resolve clinical issues.
Act as a role model for Health visitors by representing the values and beliefs of the Health Visiting profession as well as those of the organisation promoting staff to work within professional codes, legal and ethical framework.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps.