Band 7 Health Visitor Team Leader

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a Team Leader for Health Visiting to manage a multidisciplinary team. This position ensures effective care delivery and supports Health Visitors in providing evidence-based services to children and families. The ideal candidate will have a degree, NMC registration, and strong leadership skills. This role includes engaging with local partners to enhance services, necessitating a comprehensive understanding of national performance targets and community needs.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in staff management and procedures.
• Experience in managing national performance targets.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of NHS access targets.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Health Visitor team daily to ensure effective care delivery.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to Health Visitors.
• Engage with key partners to develop services for children and families.

Skills

Excellent clinical and professional engagement

Leadership skills

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

1st Degree or equivalent

NMC registration SPHN (HV)

Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Access

PowerPoint

Patient Administration Systems

Job description

Team Leader - Health Visiting will be responsible for the clinical and professional management of a designated multidisciplinary team, to ensure safe and effective care.

Overseeing the effective and efficient use of skills and resources you will ensure the integrated workforce are organised to meet the needs of local children and families in line with the Early Years Specification and other local and national standards.

You will be responsible for line managing the Health Visitor team on a daily basis to ensure the delivery of evidence based care and advice to children and families.

You will provide clinical leadership and support to Health Visitors through clinical supervision and by acting as an exemplar of clinical practice and quality standards.

You will engage effectively with key partners and the community to develop services that address the early year's high impact areas and the individual needs of children and families

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for line managing the Health Visitor team on a daily basis to ensure the delivery of evidence based care and advice to children and families.

You will provide clinical leadership and support to Health Visitors through clinical supervision and by acting as an exemplar of clinical practice and quality standards.

You will engage effectively with key partners and the community to develop services that address the early year's high impact areas and the individual needs of children and families

About us

e Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

More information about the main responsibilities can be found in the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st Degree or equivalent.
• NMC registration SPHN (HV)
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) within general management activities

Experience

• Evidence of excellent clinical and professional engagement.
• Experience in management of national performance targets, supporting organisational and business change.
• Experience in preparation and use of complex IT and data systems, presenting complex written and verbal information to groups.
• Significant experience and successful in-depth knowledge of staff management and the procedures and policies underpinning this
• Experience in supporting management of change and service improvement; i.e. project management, process mapping and service redesign.
• Evidence of successful development in a changing clinical and technological environment.
• Knowledge of contracting, business planning and policy implementation.
• Experience in managing a budget management evidencing the relationship between service development and resource management.
• Ability to demonstrate analytical and organisational skills with a clear understanding and knowledge of data analysis development and data management and interpretation
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with individuals and groups
• Excellent organisational/ prioritisation skills and the ability to meet deadlines, often working with sensitive or contentious information within varying environments.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and implementation of NHS access targets.
• Competent user of MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Patient Administration Systems.
• Understanding and knowledge of finance and performance management
• Ability to think creatively and prioritise in a busy ever changing environment.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the local health economy, recent NHS modernisation policies, strategies and outpatient practices.
• Ability to lead teams in complex services, supporting setting of clear direction and delivering service objectives.
• Knowledge and skills in workforce planning, evidencing the ability to engage and fully utilise staff skills and interests.
• Understanding of the goals and values of the Division and the Trust.

Personal Qualities

• Self-motivated.
• Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example
• Ability to manage under pressure; work to tight deadlines, evidencing excellent time management
• Able to work independently or as part of a team.
• Evidence of strong leadership skills, the ability to negotiate, persuade and influence at a senior level with a supportive style whilst also able to take difficult decisions and act assertively
• Keen to develop services in line with service, educational and research priorities with the service.

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.