Job summary
We have a really exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic and supportive service delivering high standard care to children and Families in Waltham Forest.
We work in close partnership with our Family Teams, HENRY in relation to infant feeding and Early Years service.
As one of the 78 National Family Hub pilot sites our partnership working key and we are very proud of developing our innovative and joined up practice in Waltham Forest to ensure the best in service provision to children and Families.
The post holder will focus on the delivery of universal and early intervention services whilst working in partnership with families and other health professionals/agencies, on developing agreed health plans to address their parenting, vulnerability and health needs.
The focus of this role will be on promoting quality and clinical governance at all levels within the team through role modelling, supervision, mentorship.
The post includes a clinical caseload to support the team and to maintain clinical competence and credibility. The post holder will be expected to lead on areas for development in clinical practice, including audit, and developing outcome focussed interventions. The team leader will ensure that there is adequate cover for the workload and facilitate a fair distribution of caseload activity amongst practitioners and the supporting team.
If you have the experience and want to join our drive and ability, then we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- To provide day to management of defined team.
- To participate in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the organisation.
- To act as a role model to other staff members, actively promoting a culture of high-quality practice.
- To be able to lead a multi skilled, multi professional team. To delegate tasks dependant on skills of the team and co-ordinate rotas of clinical duties for planned leave and help prioritise clinical duties for emergency/unplanned leave.
- To promote good teamwork using excellent communication skills, in order that team objectives are understood and achieved. To lead and promote integrated working across universal and early intervention services.
- To maintain up to date, accurate records which comply with current data collation systems. To provide written reports as requested and complete statistical returns in accordance with policy requirement.
- To assist with regular review of the 0-19 teams development against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). There will be a requirement to help collate data and submit to the Operational Lead on a monthly basis.
- To facilitate the use of information technology and ensure that relevant and up to date information on clinical developments and service activity are provided to agreed timescales.
- To undertake risk assessment and participate in undertaking Impact Analysis
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we
receive sufficient applications for the role.
About us
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.
Read up more about Tower Hamlets here: http://www.towerhamlets.is/
The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.
The key priorities for the Care Group are:
- Innovation and support for primary care
- Being a great place to work
- Integrating primary and community care
- Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
- Influencing improvements in health outcomes
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- To
be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others
workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
- To deputise when required in the
team managers absence and delegate appropriately to health care assistants.
- To
have a wide range of knowledge in approaches to communicating and managing patient
care.
- To
be able to effectively communicate with colleagues, peers,
senior managers and clinical leads within the Trust.
- To
attend locality and professional meetings
as required to foster, maintain
and enhance effective
working conditions within
the teams.
- To be able to communicate highly complex / sensitive
information about individual children
and whole service
issues to parents,
senior managers and other
agencies.
- To have highly developed negotiating and influencing skills with parents
and other agencies.
- To
be able to communicate complex
patient related information facilitating positive outcomes
and ensuring collaborative working.
- To have organisational knowledge relating
to organisations Standard
Operating procedures /policies and adhere to them.
- To
be responsible for providing accurate
records of information required by organisation for audit purposes.
- To
ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual
risks are added to the organisations Risk register.
- To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who
is legally and professionally accountable
for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
- The post holder will have Current Effective
Status on the Nursing and Midwifery
Council (NMC) Registered Nurse (RN12).
- Further professional knowledge will have been gained through
accredited courses workshops, study and in house training programmes.
- To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery
to clients/patients.
- To be able to assess and develop plans of care to
meet the complex needs of patients
with a variety of conditions. This will include continuously evaluating and acting
on outcomes.
- To be able to initiate referrals to
other health professional specialist services and agencies.
- To provide patients and relatives
with information and education thus ensuring
they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and
quality of life.
- To ensure practice is supported by research,
evidence-based practice, literature and peer review.
- To
plan and implement service evaluation and its effectiveness e.g., group work, work with individuals, families
and teams.
- To collect data and make use of information using a patient
information management
system.
- Participate in clinical audit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- To
be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others
workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
- To deputise when required in the
team managers absence and delegate appropriately to health care assistants.
- To
have a wide range of knowledge in approaches to communicating and managing patient
care.
- To
be able to effectively communicate with colleagues, peers,
senior managers and clinical leads within the Trust.
- To
attend locality and professional meetings
as required to foster, maintain
and enhance effective
working conditions within
the teams.
- To be able to communicate highly complex / sensitive
information about individual children
and whole service
issues to parents,
senior managers and other
agencies.
- To have highly developed negotiating and influencing skills with parents
and other agencies.
- To
be able to communicate complex
patient related information facilitating positive outcomes
and ensuring collaborative working.
- To have organisational knowledge relating
to organisations Standard
Operating procedures /policies and adhere to them.
- To
be responsible for providing accurate
records of information required by organisation for audit purposes.
- To
ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual
risks are added to the organisations Risk register.
- To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who
is legally and professionally accountable
for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
- The post holder will have Current Effective
Status on the Nursing and Midwifery
Council (NMC) Registered Nurse (RN12).
- Further professional knowledge will have been gained through
accredited courses workshops, study and in house training programmes.
- To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery
to clients/patients.
- To be able to assess and develop plans of care to
meet the complex needs of patients
with a variety of conditions. This will include continuously evaluating and acting
on outcomes.
- To be able to initiate referrals to
other health professional specialist services and agencies.
- To provide patients and relatives
with information and education thus ensuring
they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and
quality of life.
- To ensure practice is supported by research,
evidence-based practice, literature and peer review.
- To
plan and implement service evaluation and its effectiveness e.g., group work, work with individuals, families
and teams.
- To collect data and make use of information using a patient
information management
system.
- Participate in clinical audit.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Professional/Clinical Qualification.
Qualification
Essential
- Post graduate level training SCPHN qualification for minimum of 18 months.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to coach, give and receive feedback and develop others to reach their full potential.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Analytical skills to assess & interpret client situations taking appropriate action.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of key developments in children's services and key professional nursing issues and strategy documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Professional/Clinical Qualification.
Qualification
Essential
- Post graduate level training SCPHN qualification for minimum of 18 months.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to coach, give and receive feedback and develop others to reach their full potential.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Analytical skills to assess & interpret client situations taking appropriate action.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of key developments in children's services and key professional nursing issues and strategy documents.
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.
