Early Years Health Visiting Borough Manager

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Newport; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Job Overview

The post holder will be an enthusiastic and motivated clinical operational manager who will join our Health Visiting Leadership Team within Public Health Nursing. This will be a permanent position within the public health nursing team. Specialist knowledge, skills and experience will be necessary to promote strong, compassionate leadership and clinical governance ensuring the provision of quality services in the borough enabling all children to have the best start in life.

The role will support, enthuse and inspire the multi skilled Health Visiting Service in ABUHB to ensure well being, quality improvement and delivery of the service to meet the Welsh Government's public health agenda and support the full implementation of the Healthy Child Wales Programme (HCWP) and Early Years Agenda.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Public Health Nursing Service, health visiting team in the modernisation and redesign, development and delivery of Health Visiting across Aneurin Bevan Health Board, responding to Welsh Government National Agenda.

The post holder will provide leadership for the team within health visiting teams, ensuring the staff feel valued and are facilitated to maintain their personal and professional development, through a process of PADR and Clinical Supervision and compliance with the ABUHB Values and Behaviours Framework.

The post holder will have overarching responsibility for the management of safeguarding children and their families ensuring the health visiting team are meeting their statutory requirements as set down in the Welsh Government’s “Wales Safeguarding Procedures.”

To provide highly specialised advice concerning the care or treatment of identified groups or categories of patients/clients.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Education, Qualifications, Training

Essential criteria

1. First level Degree Evidence of CPD. Specialist Practitioner, Community Public Health Nursing, Registered Health Visitor
2. Specialist knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experiences. Substantial post registration experience including clinical leadership, team management and have a reputation for professional innovation and excellence. Experience of establishing, developing and managing clinical services.
3. Experience of working within health and social service systems, both at local and strategic level.

Desirable criteria

1. Research Module. Teaching qualification Management qualification. MSc
2. Experience of working within health and social service systems, both at local and strategic level.
3. Developing business cases. Project management skills Evidence of quality improvement skills.

Experience

Essential criteria

1. Substantial post registration experience including clinical leadership, team management and have a reputation for professional innovation and excellence.

Desirable criteria

1. Substantial post registration experience including clinical leadership, team management and have a reputation for professional innovation and excellence.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

1. Clear vision for best practice and positive management of change. Knowledge and understanding of clinical audit, effective research processes and application.

Desirable criteria

1. Knowledge and understanding of clinical audit, effective research processes and application.