Team Lead, Healthy Child Programme 0-5

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Chichester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Chichester seeks a part-time Health Visitor Team Lead to manage a 0-5 Healthy Child Programme Hub. The ideal candidate will hold an SCPHN qualification and possess strong leadership and relational skills. This role involves leading a dynamic team to maintain high-quality community health services while offering opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Must have SCPHN qualifications and experience as a Health Visitor.
• Skills in management and supervision required.
• Ability to engage with partner agencies.

Responsibilities

• Manage a 0-5 Healthy Child Programme Hub in Chichester.
• Lead a team of Health Visitors and Community Nursery Nurses.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality services.

Skills

Leadership

Flexibility

Tenacity

Relationship Development

Education

SCPHN qualification

Job description

Healthy Child Programme , West Sussex 0-5 Team Lead post (Chichester)

We have an opportunity for a SCPHN (Health Visitor) to Join our HCP Band 7 team leads to continue to develop the HCP in West Sussex

The post will be based in Chichester and is part time.

There is one Healthy Child Programme Hub in Chichester, which is part of the wider West Sussex HCP service.

You will be working alongside an experienced team lead within the same hub.

If you are ready for a new challenge and would like to be a part of our team, this is the opportunity for you. These posts are key to the continued delivery of a high quality service, whilst providing a career development pathway. The post requires leadership, flexibility, tenacity and the development of relationships with our partner agencies

0-5 Healthy Child Programme Team Lead - Part time

We are seeking a Health Visitor Team Lead to manage a 0-5 Healthy Child Programme Hub in Chichester.

We have an exciting opportunity for dynamic SCPHN - Health Visitor who wishes to maintain clinical expertise whilst developing management and supervision skills and leading a 0-5 HCP hub in line with the Healthy Child Programme, including local and national priorities.

The 0-5 Healthy Child Programme team includes Health Visitors, Staff Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses and administrative staff.

The Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Healthy Child Programme has Gold UNICEF Baby Friendly accreditation and our Health Visitors are trained in the use of the scheme's promotional guides.

You will receive a full induction and have a peer mentor . You will be supported by the Deputy Nursing and Deputy Operational Heads of Service, the existing Hub team lead and the wider team lead colleagues from the HCP hubs across the county. There are weekly Team Lead meetings and integrated meetings with colleagues from the local authority.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
  
  

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Madeleine Partridge Job title: HCP Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07748334921

Martina O'Leary (Dep Nursing HoS)

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