School Health Team Lead | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in London seeks a School Health team lead to provide clinical leadership and manage public health nursing teams. The role includes planning and evaluating services to deliver comprehensive care for school-aged children. Benefits include flexible working options and career development support. Join a dynamic team dedicated to improving community health outcomes.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Annual travel card loan

Training and career development

Qualifications

• Clinical and professional leadership experience.
• Experience in managing nursing teams.
• Skills in planning, organizing, and evaluating health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership for public health nursing teams.
• Plan, organize, and evaluate public health service delivery.
• Collaborate with team colleagues to meet Quality Strategy objectives.

Job description

Overview

The borough has three main bases for School Nursing that are aligned to Family Hubs and health centres and the teams are working towards a more integrated service offer.

H&F form part of the Inner Northwest London (INW) division and part of a Clinical Service Unit (CSU) that comprises Hammersmith and Fulham Health Visiting & School Nursing 0-19, Westminster Health Visiting, Kensington and Chelsea Health Visiting and an integrated 0-19 SPA.

There are three teams in the borough that are split geographically, North, South and Central, which will be managed by the School Health team lead.

The borough has an experienced clinical lead who oversees Health Visiting and School Nursing and specialist health visitors covering perinatal mental health, SEND, MESCH and infant feeding. Each team has an experienced team lead, qualified health visitors, community staff nurses, nursery nurses, a dedicated practice development nurse and are aligned to early help staff. This skill mix works passionately to deliver integrated and progressive services and continue to seek and develop innovative ways of working.

Children, young people, and families are our focus and passion and we’re seeking a School Health team lead to join our dynamic diverse teams. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our families get the best care closer to home and supporting families to keep them well.

Responsibilities

• To provide clinical and professional leadership and manage 5-19 public health nursing (school nursing) teams, ensuring the delivery of a comprehensive and high quality needs led service.
• To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative public health service, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the team to ensure delivery of a high quality service.
• To provide a skilled, effective and evidence based public health service to the school aged population in a variety of school or community settings.
• To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives.
• To develop leadership and management skills in others; supporting teams to be involved in planning, implementing and evaluating service.

Benefits

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025