Job summary
This is a permanent post. The hours are part time 30 hours a week.
The opportunity has arisen to join the Forest of Dean locality Health Visiting Team as Team Leader. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has dynamic and evolving Health Visiting Teams within the 0-19 Public Health Nursing service. We have a permanent opportunity for an experienced and qualified SCPHN. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated professional, who wishes to develop their leadership and management skills, and improve health outcomes for children age 0-5 years and their families.
Gloucestershire Health & Care Foundation Trust are seeking a confident, professional and focused Health Visitor with public health knowledge and experience and clinical expertise who is fully committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our diverse preschool aged population.
As a Team Leader, you will work collaboratively with the other locality Team leaders within the county, to lead the Healthy Child Programme in order to provide high quality care and reduce health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
- Be responsible for the day to day management and prioritisation of the locality
- Providing clinical services that are aligned to commissioned and service expectations
- Leading and overseeing the identification and effective management of clinical risk, vulnerability and safeguarding issues including leading professional challenge & resolution/appropriate action
- Supporting daily operational priorities and tasks from a clinical perspective such as effective system flow through clinical/intervention pathways, regular review of Core Offer and Operational Handbook
- Provide line manager/locality lead responsibilities for designated staff which includes undertaking operational supervision, caseload management and other compliance/assurance/operational based duties in relation to delegated direct reports
- Supporting compliance around contractual Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and the most effective and impactful use of resources.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Demonstrating enhanced competency regarding complex clinical decision making
- As delegated, ensure all complaints and incidents are investigated within agreed Trust policy, procedures and time scales and effect any necessary learning changes to practice and service that may result.
- Learn from compliments and positive feedback to enhance practice
- As delegated, to lead team/professional practice development including identifying areas requiring evaluation/audit, deep dive or other evaluative review.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Demonstrating enhanced competency regarding complex clinical decision making
- As delegated, ensure all complaints and incidents are investigated within agreed Trust policy, procedures and time scales and effect any necessary learning changes to practice and service that may result.
- Learn from compliments and positive feedback to enhance practice
- As delegated, to lead team/professional practice development including identifying areas requiring evaluation/audit, deep dive or other evaluative review.
Person Specification
Written and Verbal
Essential
- SCPHN(HV) qualification is essential
Desirable
- Other relevant qualification - QI course, Leadership course, challenging conversation
Written and Verbal
Essential
- Ability to be able to work flexibly, according to the needs of the clients/service
- Experience of meeting the competing demands of a caseload of children with complex health needs and the operational governance demands of a skill mixed team
Desirable
- Experience of leading and implementing service development initiatives, utilising change management and project management frameworks and tools
- Previous experience of challenging others practice or service provision, within and outside the organisation and escalating concerns as appropriate.
Written and Verbal
Essential
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of public health nursing
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the health needs of communities and wider determinants of health that impact equality
Person Specification
Written and Verbal
Essential
- SCPHN(HV) qualification is essential
Desirable
- Other relevant qualification - QI course, Leadership course, challenging conversation
Written and Verbal
Essential
- Ability to be able to work flexibly, according to the needs of the clients/service
- Experience of meeting the competing demands of a caseload of children with complex health needs and the operational governance demands of a skill mixed team
Desirable
- Experience of leading and implementing service development initiatives, utilising change management and project management frameworks and tools
- Previous experience of challenging others practice or service provision, within and outside the organisation and escalating concerns as appropriate.
Written and Verbal
Essential
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of public health nursing
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the health needs of communities and wider determinants of health that impact equality
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
