School Nurse Team Lead

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description, person specification and CLCH trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification- school nursing or health visiting BSc or diploma
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
• Mentor training
• IT Literate

Desirable

• PHSE credited course
• Evidence 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 multi-disciplinary 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

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's 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 lead and motivate a team towards a shared vision of the health visiting service
• Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice

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).