Health Visitor Team Lead

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Une opportunité passionnante de devenir Team Leader au sein du service de santé publique intégré à Brent. Vous serez responsable de la gestion d'une équipe de professionnels de la santé pour répondre aux besoins de la communauté locale, tout en maintenant un haut niveau de service et de leadership. Le candidat idéal aura une passion pour le travail avec les enfants et les familles et devra posséder un SCPHN, avec une expérience en direction d'équipes avant.

Benefits

Programme de formation et de développement

Options de travail flexibles

Induction complète dans le service communautaire

Plan de location de voiture (à partir de Band 5)

Qualifications

• Infirmier(ère) diplômé(e) et inscrit(e) au NMC.
• Qualification SCPHN requise.
• Expérience dans le leadership d'équipes multidisciplinaires appréciée.

Responsibilities

• Gérer et déléguer le travail à l'équipe de localisation.
• Assurer une livraison de services efficace selon le programme Healthy Child.
• Participer à la gestion des équipes de santé publique.

Skills

Leadership

Gestion d'équipe

Évaluation des besoins de santé

Communication

Collaboration inter-agences

Education

Spécialiste en Santé Publique (SCPHN) - Health Visiting

Inscription actuelle au NMC

Job description

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Site Willesden Centre for Health & Care Town Willesden Salary £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 02/07/2025 23:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

If you are ready for a Team Leader’s position within an Integrated Public Health Nursing Service managing a progressive, forward thinking, and innovative team of Public Health Nurses then we would like to hear from you. A vacancy has arisen for a Locality Team Leader in the Brent Locality 0-19 service. This is a full-time post within the locality of Willesden.

In order to be eligible for this post, applicants must be a qualified Specialist Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) – Health Visiting.

Brent has a multi- cultural community, providing the opportunity to work with a diverse population As a Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring a safe and effective delivery of service and leadership with the implementation of the Healthy Child Programme within the Health Visiting Service and 0-5’s Core Programme.

Your role will be to manage and delegate work to a defined locality team, ensuring appropriate skills are used to plan and deliver public health care identified within the core programme. In addition, you will have an overview of the profiled health needs for the local community ensuring that the 0-19 service meets the needs of the local population that resources are utilised effectively, and any service gaps identified and addressed. This is to include meeting the requirements of the service level agreements and the school health profiles.

Current NMC registration is required for this role

Main duties of the job

You will be of support for members of the team and attend meetings as and when required and feedback to the Locality Lead and take on extra responsibilities within the service, as requested by the Locality Lead and Clinical Services Unit Manager (CSU).

You will provide professional leadership and management for the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Teams, particularly in relation to caseload management and leading the development of staff.

We work very closely with our partner agencies to enrich the mix of skills available and strengthen our position as a service provider. Working within the area of Willesden are Health Visitors, School Health Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses, Infant Feeding.

You need to have a passion for working with children, young people and families and have a comprehensive understanding of the Public Health Agenda in Brent. It is essential that you also have a thorough knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme (0-19), and Central London Community Healthcare Values.

It is essential applicants can meet the travel requirements of the post.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To establish and maintain a good working relationship with colleagues, the wider CSU health care team and other health, education, and social care providers, to provide a comprehensive service to clients
• To provide facilitative and supportive leadership and management to the public health team members
• To have line management responsibility for the team including authorising annual leave via Allocate, monitoring of sickness absence, recruitment, performance management and application of HR policies as necessary including accurate recording
• To initiate and where appropriate take the lead responsibility for service development activities.
• Together with colleagues across the CLCH NHS Trust identify and manage the levels of staffing required to meet service needs utilising established resources
• To ensure the even distribution of work amongst team members, delegating and assigning roles and work as necessary to meet statutory and locally agreed deadlines
• Assist and where appropriate lead on all elements of the recruitment and selection of staff
• To take appropriate action regarding any accident or incident to client, staff or visitor within the scope of the post holder’s responsibility and in line with CLCH NHS Trust policy, and to report on DATIX
• To be responsible for the care and safekeeping of equipment issued for personal and team use within the scope of the post holder’s responsibility and in line with CLCH NHS Trust policy.
• To actively chair and participate in and record team meetings
• To be a member of working parties and groups e.g., shared governance and quality improvement considering aspects of the service and professional practice as required
• To apply equal opportunities in practice considering own behaviour and the needs of clients and colleagues
• To assist in monitoring related budgets, and ensuring budgetary issues are considered in the development and provision of the service with the Clinical Lead
• To deputise for the Clinical Lead as agreed
• To work collaboratively with the Professional Lead for Children’s Nursing on aspects of clinical practice
• To set objectives and review performance for team members identifying individual training and development needs ensuring all staff in the team are participating in managerial supervision at 4-6 weekly 1:1s

Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• 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
• PHSE credited course
• Evidence of other post registration education and training in specialist areas e.g., Epilepsy, allergies

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 multidisciplinary 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
• Experience of developing the public health agenda
• Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
• Experience of receiving and delivering clinical supervision.
• Experience of innovative practice or project management.
• Experience of line managing team members
• Experience of developing clinical standards and protocols.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.