Job summary
Health Visitor Team Leader - Band 7 - Wandsworth
Wandsworth Children's Service are seeking a Health Visitor Team Leader for our Battersea HV Team, to provide leadership in our Universal Health Visiting and services across Wandsworth.
You will be joining a forward thinking and innovative integrated Universal Children's Service providing Health Visiting, School Nursing, Infant Nutrition and Healthy Weight services.
You will be a registered SCPHN practitioner with significant experience in practice. You will have an interest in leadership and the delivery of quality family centred care where children are at the heart of the work you lead. You will have a passion for public health nursing seeking new ways of working with families. You will seek and develop innovative ways of working with families to enable the children to have their best start in life.
You will provide leadership and management, advice and support the service. You will be supported by a Clinical Services Manager, Clinical Leads and the wider resources of the Clinical Service Unit, CLCH and the CLCH Academy. You will also have corporate membership of the iHV and SAPHNA.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Contact name: Iquo Adebayo
Contact job title:Clinical Lead 0-19
Contact email address:Iquo.adebayo@nhs.net
Interview planned 26th February 2024
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical and professional leadership and manage 0-19 public health nursing (health visiting and school nursing) teams, ensuring the delivery of a comprehensive and high quality needs led service.
To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative public health service, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the team to ensure delivery of a high-quality service.
To provide a skilled, effective and evidence based public health service to clients in a variety of community settings.
To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities.
To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives.
Plan, organise, evaluate, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the 0-19 team to ensure delivery of a high-quality service.
To develop leadership and management skills in others; supporting teams to be involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating services.
To promote effective teamwork within the wider multiagency team and with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities.
To monitor the quality of service provision, reviewing key performance indicator reports and identifying areas for service and professional development and facilitate their implementation.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London - (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Support with gaining your driving license *T&C's apply
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To act as a clinical resource and provide clinical management and professional leadership for the 0-19 team, which supports and facilitates the development of the public health service.
- To provide a skilled, effective and evidence-based service to clients in a variety of community settings to include school, home, GP, childrens Centre and community clinics.
- Any clinical responsibilities provided must be delivered within the professional area of expertise i.e., health visiting or school nursing.
- To have an overview of the profiled health needs for the local community ensuring that the 0-19 service meets the needs of the local population, that resources are utilised effectively, and any service gaps identified and addressed.
- To support the identification, prioritisation and implementation of health assessments, programmes of care, to ensure the delivery of the healthy child programme.Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To act as a clinical resource and provide clinical management and professional leadership for the 0-19 team, which supports and facilitates the development of the public health service.
- To provide a skilled, effective and evidence-based service to clients in a variety of community settings to include school, home, GP, childrens Centre and community clinics.
- Any clinical responsibilities provided must be delivered within the professional area of expertise i.e., health visiting or school nursing.
- To have an overview of the profiled health needs for the local community ensuring that the 0-19 service meets the needs of the local population, that resources are utilised effectively, and any service gaps identified and addressed.
- To support the identification, prioritisation and implementation of health assessments, programmes of care, to ensure the delivery of the healthy child programme.Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- oRegistered Nurse/Registered Midwife
- oSpecialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification- school nursing or health visiting BSc or diploma
- oCurrent NMC registration
- oEvidence of continuing post-registration education and training
- oMentor training
- oIT Literate
Desirable
- oPHSE credited course
- oEvidence of other post registration education and training in specialist areas e.g., Epilepsy, allergies
Experience
Essential
- Recent health visiting or school nursing experience
- Experience of coordinating and leading multi-skilled teams
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working. Ability to facilitate joint working practices
- Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health assessments, planning and implementing evidence-based programmes of care
- Writing care plans
- Experience of developing the public health agenda
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience of receiving and delivering clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Experience of innovative practice or project management.
- Experience of line managing team members
- Experience of developing clinical standards and protocols.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of recent developments in public health nursing and health and social care legislation
- Current knowledge of safeguarding children guidelines and relevant legal aspects
- Knowledge of the public health agenda and the health care needs of individuals in the community
- Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills i.e., administration of immunisations
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Knowledge of NMC Code
- Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Knowledge of how equality and diversity can be implemented in practice
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Knowledge of implementing evidence-based practice
- Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and that of others
- Able to delegate work effectively and safely
- Ability to be flexible and responsive to client and organisational needs
- Ability to lead and motivate a team towards a shared vision of the health visiting service
- Ability to make informed decisions under pressure
- Be able to use information technology
- Ability to make informed decisions under pressure
- Be able to identify and access sources of information to inform practice
- Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working
- Office management and caseload organisational skills
- Able to work in a multidisciplinary team
- Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service
- Willingness to facilitate and support the learning and development of others in the practice environment
Key Attributes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good listening skills
- High level of work organization, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- Ability to use clinical and IT systems required of the role
- Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- oRegistered Nurse/Registered Midwife
- oSpecialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification- school nursing or health visiting BSc or diploma
- oCurrent NMC registration
- oEvidence of continuing post-registration education and training
- oMentor training
- oIT Literate
Desirable
- oPHSE credited course
- oEvidence of other post registration education and training in specialist areas e.g., Epilepsy, allergies
Experience
Essential
- Recent health visiting or school nursing experience
- Experience of coordinating and leading multi-skilled teams
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working. Ability to facilitate joint working practices
- Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health assessments, planning and implementing evidence-based programmes of care
- Writing care plans
- Experience of developing the public health agenda
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience of receiving and delivering clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Experience of innovative practice or project management.
- Experience of line managing team members
- Experience of developing clinical standards and protocols.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of recent developments in public health nursing and health and social care legislation
- Current knowledge of safeguarding children guidelines and relevant legal aspects
- Knowledge of the public health agenda and the health care needs of individuals in the community
- Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills i.e., administration of immunisations
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Knowledge of NMC Code
- Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Knowledge of how equality and diversity can be implemented in practice
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Knowledge of implementing evidence-based practice
- Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and that of others
- Able to delegate work effectively and safely
- Ability to be flexible and responsive to client and organisational needs
- Ability to lead and motivate a team towards a shared vision of the health visiting service
- Ability to make informed decisions under pressure
- Be able to use information technology
- Ability to make informed decisions under pressure
- Be able to identify and access sources of information to inform practice
- Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working
- Office management and caseload organisational skills
- Able to work in a multidisciplinary team
- Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service
- Willingness to facilitate and support the learning and development of others in the practice environment
Key Attributes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good listening skills
- High level of work organization, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- Ability to use clinical and IT systems required of the role
- Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
