Clinical Team Lead 0-5 ChatHealth Service

NHS; Southampton; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare trust is seeking a Clinical Team Lead to manage the 0-5 ChatHealth Service in Southampton. This role demands clinical expertise and leadership to ensure service quality, compliance with safeguarding regulations, and effective team management. Candidates must hold a Registered Nurse qualification and a relevant degree. Opportunities for career development are available.

Benefits

Opportunities for career development

Training and collaborative working

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse qualification required.
• BSc or equivalent in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing is necessary.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee management and delivery of 0-5 ChatHealth service.
• Ensure service quality aligns with healthy child programme.
• Lead service transformation and integration with other health services.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical expertise

Safeguarding knowledge

Team management

Education

Registered Nurse

BSc or equivalent Specialist Community Public Health Nurse; Health Visiting

Job description

Overview

The primary role of the Clinical Team Lead is to provide expert leadership and management to the 0-5 ChatHealth Service to ensure the quality of service delivery to children, young people, and their families aligns with the Healthy Child Programme 0-5yrs and the Trust vision and values. The role provides clinical expertise in direct service provision and safeguarding supervision to staff within teams, in partnership with internal and external colleagues and partners.

Responsibilities

• Balance the management of ChatHealth and covering ChatHealth shifts as part of the rota; ensure the service is covered at all times with clinical responsibility for delivery.
• Lead, manage and supervise the 0-5 ChatHealth Service, ensuring a safe and effective service using service user feedback to improve patient experience and monitoring quality, compliance, and performance reporting risks by exception.
• Lead local service transformation and integration with internal and external services.
• Manage a programme of supervision, 1:1s, appraisals, locality business meetings, and information sharing in line with corporate objectives and Children\'s Division business plans.
• Lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, clinical and safeguarding supervision and support to the team, and engagement in clinical service developments (policy development, audit, training, etc.).
• Work with the Safeguarding Children\'s Team to ensure delivery meets national and local safeguarding requirements and report on areas of risk.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the clinical governance agenda to support quality and risk management within the Sub-Division of Public Health.
• Ensure the team works within Hampshire Safeguarding Children Board policy and procedures, prioritising attendance at case conferences, reviews and planning meetings.
• Ensure the team is appropriately skilled and trained to deliver effective services.
• Provide leadership, management and supervision to promote high performance standards for individuals and the team, aligned with the Division\'s objectives and Trust values.
• Anticipate, identify, and report workforce pressures and risks; develop action plans to mitigate risks to service delivery.
• Utilise training, development, and appraisal processes to ensure staff have access to learning opportunities and undertake statutory and mandatory training as required.
• Manage performance, sickness and attendance in line with Trust policies; utilise E-rostering and collaborate with HR to improve attendance and performance.
• Recruit and deploy staff in accordance with policy and workforce plans to meet service needs.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• BSc or equivalent Specialist Community Public Health Nurse; Health Visiting
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

About the Trust

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 staff across more than 300 sites, we aim to create an integrated healthcare system to improve accessibility, drive innovation, and meet the needs of the populations we serve.

Join us to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We value compassion, accountability, respect and excellence, and offer opportunities for career development, training and collaborative working.

Details

Date posted: 23 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract: Secondment

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time

Reference number: 348-CFS-9271

Job locations: Moorgreen Hospital, Botley Road, West End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 3JB; Tatchbury Mount, Calmore, Southampton, Hampshire SO40 2RZ; Fort Southwick, James Callaghan Drive, Fareham, Hampshire PO17 6AR

Employer details

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Moorgreen Hospital, Botley Road, West End, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 3JB