Service Manager - Stockton on Tees 0-19

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Darlington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking NHS Trust as a Service Manager, where you can lead the delivery of essential health services for children and young people. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive service transformation and ensure high-quality public health outcomes. You will work closely with internal and external partners, promoting effective collaboration and managing resources efficiently. If you are passionate about community health and want to make a real difference in the lives of children and families, this position is perfect for you. Embrace a supportive culture that values your contributions and fosters your professional growth.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Counselling Service

Fast-track Physiotherapy Service

Staff Recognition Awards

Supportive Work Culture

Qualifications

• Experience in nursing and public health services for children and families.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the 0-19 Services ensuring high-quality care and effective service delivery.
• Manage locality budgets and promote collaborative working relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Public Health Nursing

Budget Management

Service Transformation

Education

Registered Nurse on the NMC Register

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Qualification

Postgraduate Qualification in Nursing

Job description

At Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, we aim to reflect our values in everything we do - Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

“We are committed to providing the best possible levels of healthcare and we can only do this with the help of our incredible colleagues. We have a Strategy that is designed to empower, excite and mobilise everyone in the Trust behind a common purpose and that supports our cultural values of Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality.”

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Service Manager in the Stockton on Tees 0-19 Team.

The post holder will work across Stockton on Tees collaborating with other internal and external partners strategically.

The Service Manager will be part of the Integrated Management Team leading delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and Safeguarding Children.

Working directly with the Head of Public Health Nursing and Operations, this post will provide operational leadership and service management for clinical and non-clinical services and staff for the Stockton on Tees 0-19 Service, within the Children and Young People Public Health Directorate, supporting cultural change and being involved in transformational changes.

The Service Manager will demonstrate a child and family focus and passion for the 0-19 children’s community health services (Health Visiting and Public Health Nursing), with the drive and enthusiasm to lead on service transformation and clinical development. The Service Manager post will be part of an innovative solution-focused clinical management team across all HDFT localities, ensuring the delivery of high-quality public health services to children and their families, addressing health inequalities and driving forward the integrated working agenda with key delivery partners to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.

Main duties of the job

• To provide leadership for a specified area of the 0-19 Services and to ensure high quality, safe and effective services are delivered by the 0-19 designated teams.
• Promote effective collaborative working relationships with health, public health, children and young people services and social care staff in primary/community care and those in other statutory and voluntary services.
• The Service Manager will be responsible for locality budget, best use of resources, and efficiency to deliver high quality sustainable care. There is responsibility for the overall performance management of your team and the production of high quality validated data and evidence of improved outcomes for children, young people and families.
• Planning and implementation of service change and transformation within a complex and dynamic operational environment.
• In line with local guidelines, reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.
• Ensure continuity of care by reporting any changes to service provision to all staff, as decisions are made/implemented.
• Plans and organises strategies to enable children needs to be met in a timely and contemporaneous way and to ensure the delivery of children community services by the multi-professional team within the national quality requirements.
• Deputise for the Head of Public Health Nursing and Operations when appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications.
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As per job description and specification.

If you have any questions regarding the role please contact Sarah Massiter, Head of Public Health Nursing and Operations at [e-mail] or 07736758728.

Person specification

Essential and desirable

• Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register.
• Nursing experience and training at an appropriate specialist nursing level.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Qualification (HV/SN) or equivalent post graduate qualification.

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.