Team Leader (Children's Packages of Care Team)

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for two experienced Paediatric Nurses seeking to undertake an interesting and highly rewarding team leadership role.

• 1 post at St Peters Centre, Burnley, BB11 2DL
• 1 post at Ashton Health Centre, Preston, PR2 1HR

This team leader role will take responsibility for the clinical leadership and first line management for the Children's Packages of Care Team.

This post provides the opportunity for a forward thinking and experienced Paediatric Nurse with extensive clinical skills/knowledge in children's complex physical needs to co-ordinate a team of Health Care Support Workers, Nurse associates, Staff Nurses and Senior Nurses in delivering individual packages of care.

The CPOC Team provides nursing and specialist healthcare to Children & Young People (CYP) in their own homes and schools who have an identified health need against the continuing care criteria. Support from a package of care facilitates the transfer home from hospital for many CYP and enables their families to manage their child's complex health needs within the community to achieve an active life within their community.

The team are directly commissioned by the ICB's via the Children's Continuing Care Framework across Lancashire to deliver packages of care to children and young people with complex physical health needs. They are also commissioned to deliver support in schools and social care settings to individual children.

Main duties of the job

This post provides the opportunity for forward thinking and experienced Paediatric Nurses with extensive clinical skills and knowledge of CYP nursing at a universal, specialist and complex level to co-ordinate a team of Clinical team leaders, Senior Nurses, Health Care Support Workers and Admin staff in package provision.

The post holder will ensure a high-quality, evidence-based service with clinical care pathways are delivered utilising available resource effectively in a safe and supportive manner when meeting the needs of CYP and their family.

You will be responsible for the clinical governance, quality improvement and performance management of the team and will provide management, clinical and safeguarding supervision to team members and ensure that staff within the team have opportunities for continuing professional development.

The role will participate in on clinical on call for CPOC.

The role also involves being supported by and working collaboratively with the CYP Additional & Complex Needs Service Manager, Clinical Nurse Business Manager and the Nurse Team Leaders for Special School Nursing and Children's Continuing Care and Assessment Team to ensure clinical development and governance across all three teams

You will need access to a vehicle for work purposes or be able to travel between community settings in a timely manner.

For further information about the post please contact us on the details provided.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peters Health Centre/Ashton Health Centre

Burnley/Preston

BB11 2DL

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peters Health Centre/Ashton Health Centre

Burnley/Preston

BB11 2DL

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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