Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

0-19 Team Manager

The closing date is 15 September 2025

Job summary

Are you a Health Visitor or School Nurse ( SCPHN)

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge ? Ready to step up into a leadership role , If the answer is YES then look no further .

Join Bedfordshire and Luton's Healthy Child Programme Service as a Team lead.

Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 07-09-2025

Main duties of the job

As the post holder you will work with the Services Manager, the Locality Clinical Lead, and the Locality Safeguarding Lead to provide operational management and leadership to the locality Health Child Programme 0-19 teams. Ensuring the delivery of a high quality, efficient and effective service, meeting all objectives, outcomes and key performance indicators.

About us

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Details

Date posted

21 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

448-BCHS-7428686

Job locations

Woburn Court

Railton Road

Bedford

MK429PN


Job description

Job responsibilities

integrated teams and management and leadership of their working practices.

Locality management and leadership; in line with Trust objectives, which reflect Cambridgeshire Community Services corporate and strategic objectives.

Foster morale and motivation through effective personal leadership, ensuring views and decisions are communicated across the management and service structure.

Implement effective communication strategies to promote staff involvement

In conjunction with the 0-19 Services Manager, Quality and Service Improvement Lead, clinical colleagues and other stakeholders implement new ways of working at a team level, taking appropriate advice from corporate colleagues. This might include skill-mix reviews and other staffing strategies.

Provide all staff with appropriate leadership, support and training to undertake their jobs satisfactorily.

Undertake agreed countrywide leadership and support, develop and implement any specific projects for example, new service developments, productivity improvement work

Ensure that all staff within the team are supported to use information systems for data collection, that deadlines are met for submitting data and that data is analysed to help allocate work and maximise productivity

Carry out all duties to the highest possible standard. To engage in regular supervision I line with trust policy.

Maintain own and support staff to maintain safeguarding competencies, in line with Trust Policy and Local Safeguarding Policies.

Job description

Job responsibilities

integrated teams and management and leadership of their working practices.

Locality management and leadership; in line with Trust objectives, which reflect Cambridgeshire Community Services corporate and strategic objectives.

Foster morale and motivation through effective personal leadership, ensuring views and decisions are communicated across the management and service structure.

Implement effective communication strategies to promote staff involvement

In conjunction with the 0-19 Services Manager, Quality and Service Improvement Lead, clinical colleagues and other stakeholders implement new ways of working at a team level, taking appropriate advice from corporate colleagues. This might include skill-mix reviews and other staffing strategies.

Provide all staff with appropriate leadership, support and training to undertake their jobs satisfactorily.

Undertake agreed countrywide leadership and support, develop and implement any specific projects for example, new service developments, productivity improvement work

Ensure that all staff within the team are supported to use information systems for data collection, that deadlines are met for submitting data and that data is analysed to help allocate work and maximise productivity

Carry out all duties to the highest possible standard. To engage in regular supervision I line with trust policy.

Maintain own and support staff to maintain safeguarding competencies, in line with Trust Policy and Local Safeguarding Policies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Management degree or SCPHN
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • Post graduate level business/management qualification at diploma level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Evidence of post-qualification development

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Leadership, coaching and management skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate complex information to diverse groups
  • Ability to analyse and assimilate information in order to make decisions
  • Well-developed report writing skills
  • Standard keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable

  • Experience in undertaking research and development

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of managing a team to include team performance, quality, recruitment and staffing issues
  • Change management and demonstrating successful change outcomes
  • Influencing, persuading and negotiating with senior internal and external stakeholders
  • Experience of working with a wide range of partners and stakeholders

Desirable

  • Supporting and advising complex areas of service provision, for example safeguarding
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Management degree or SCPHN
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • Post graduate level business/management qualification at diploma level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Evidence of post-qualification development

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Leadership, coaching and management skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate complex information to diverse groups
  • Ability to analyse and assimilate information in order to make decisions
  • Well-developed report writing skills
  • Standard keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable

  • Experience in undertaking research and development

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of managing a team to include team performance, quality, recruitment and staffing issues
  • Change management and demonstrating successful change outcomes
  • Influencing, persuading and negotiating with senior internal and external stakeholders
  • Experience of working with a wide range of partners and stakeholders

Desirable

  • Supporting and advising complex areas of service provision, for example safeguarding

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Address

Woburn Court

Railton Road

Bedford

MK429PN


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Address

Woburn Court

Railton Road

Bedford

MK429PN


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

0-19 Service Leads

Michelle Hill / Samantha Lee

michelle.hill21@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

21 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

448-BCHS-7428686

Job locations

Woburn Court

Railton Road

Bedford

MK429PN


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