Quality and Safety Nursing Professional Manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board is seeking a Children\'s Continuing Care Team Leader to coordinate care for children and young people with highly complex needs. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, oversee assessments, and ensure services meet statutory requirements across South Yorkshire.

The role requires nursing or professional registration, degree-level education and a post-graduate management qualification or equivalent experience.

Qualifications

• Nurse or professional registration with relevant professional body.
• Degree-level education or equivalent experience in a specialist area.
• Post-graduate management diploma or equivalent, or significant experience of it.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and professional leadership to Children's Continuing Care staff.
• Support the assessment, review and commissioning of care packages for children and young people with complex health needs.
• Ensure compliance with the National Framework for Children and Young People\'s Continuing Care and associated NHS policies.
• Manage staff performance, wellbeing, supervision and development.
• Provide expert advice on complex case management and eligibility processes.
• Lead quality assurance, governance, risk management and service improvement.
• Develop partnerships with local authorities, education, acute and community services and independent sector providers.
• Support service transformation and continuous improvement across the All Age Continuing Care Service.
• Contribute to workforce planning, recruitment and staff development.
• Work alongside the existing team leader to provide day-to-day operational leadership to the case management team.
• Ensure services are safe, effective and responsive, in line with statutory requirements.
• Work closely with families, providers, education and social care colleagues and wider multidisciplinary teams

Skills

Nurse registration

People leadership

Advanced data analysis

Education

Degree-level education

Post-graduate management diploma

Job description

The Children's Continuing Care Team Leader sits within the All Age Continuing Care Service at NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, supporting a team of case managers. The work centres on coordinating care packages for children and young people with highly complex continuing healthcare needs, alongside managing staff performance and quality assurance. The post covers all of South Yorkshire and involves working with families, councils, education and independent providers. A nursing registration and a management qualification to post-graduate level are required.

What the job involves

• Provide operational and professional leadership to Children's Continuing Care staff
• Support the assessment, review and commissioning of care packages for children and young people with complex health needs
• Ensure compliance with the National Framework for Children and Young People's Continuing Care and associated NHS policies
• Manage staff performance, wellbeing, supervision and development
• Provide expert advice on complex case management and eligibility processes
• Lead quality assurance, governance, risk management and service improvement
• Develop partnerships with local authorities, education, acute and community services and independent sector providers
• Support service transformation and continuous improvement across the All Age Continuing Care Service
• Contribute to workforce planning, recruitment and staff development
• Work alongside the existing team leader to provide day-to-day operational leadership to the case management team
• Ensure services are safe, effective and responsive, in line with statutory requirements
• Work closely with families, providers, education and social care colleagues and wider multidisciplinary teams

What's required

Qualifications

• Nurse or professional registration with relevant professional body
• Degree-level education or equivalent experience in a specialist area
• Post-graduate management diploma or equivalent, or significant experience of it

Experience

• Recent direct line management of clinical staff, including PDRs and one-to-ones
• Managing stakeholders according to their influence and interests
• Working in a relevant clinical or professional setting
• Previous similar role in a healthcare or public sector setting
• Preparing reports for senior management and managing risks and issues

Skills & knowledge

• Thorough understanding of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care
• In-depth understanding of the health and social care environment and the public sector
• Advanced data analysis of highly complex, conflicting material from multiple sources
• Clear communication, persuasion and influence with varied internal and external audiences
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills and managing workload to tight, changing timescales

Other

• Adaptability and ability to manage uncertainty and change
• Compassionate, collaborative leadership that values difference
• Confidentiality, sound judgement on difficult decisions, and continuing professional development