Team Lead, Healthy Child Programme 0-5

NHS; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider is seeking a Health Visitor Team Lead to manage a critical 0-5 Healthy Child Programme Hub in East Grinstead. The part-time position involves overseeing a team and developing relationships with agencies to provide high-quality service. Candidates should have a SCPHN qualification and experience in leadership and safeguarding. This role offers an excellent opportunity for career development within the NHS in a beautiful Sussex location.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in managing clinical caseloads in the community.
• Evidence of training in safeguarding practice at a masters level or equivalent experience.
• Experience supervising others and developing leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Mid Sussex Hub, working closely with other team leads.
• Develop relationships with partner agencies to enhance service delivery.
• Participate in regular team lead meetings and supervision sessions.

Skills

IT skills

Leadership in practice

Knowledge of safeguarding children policies

Adaptability and flexibility

Excellent communication skills

Education

Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN)

Degree level education

Management qualification or willingness to undertake development

Job description

Job summary Healthy Child Programme, West Sussex 0-5 Team Lead post, Mid Sussex (East Grinstead base).

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 East Grinstead and is part time, 18.75 hours per week. You will be working alongside the existing Team Leads in the Mid Sussex 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.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a Health Visitor Team Lead to manage a 0-5 Healthy Child Programme Hub in Mid Sussex North. We have an exciting opportunity for a 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 existing Hub team leads and the wider team lead colleagues, as well as receiving clinical supervision and line management from the Dep Nursing and Operational Heads of Service. There are weekly Team Lead meetings and integrated meetings with colleagues from the local authority.

About us

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 well-being.
• 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.

Details

Date posted: 15 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: 7

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum / pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 150-KB2297-CC

Job location: East Grinstead Health Centre, St Michael’s Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3JS

Job responsibilities

You will work alongside the other team leads to manage the Mid Sussex Hub consisting of the Mid Sussex North and South teams. You will work closely with all the team leads to develop ideas, be part of working parties and regular meetings.

You will have regular supervision with the Dep heads of service (operational and clinical) and with the Safeguarding lead. There is regular team lead peer supervision groups and a robust induction and support.

The post requires leadership, flexibility, tenacity and the development of relationships with our partner agencies.

Person Specification

Essential Skills and Knowledge

• IT skills
• Knowledge of safeguarding children policies & procedures
• Knowledge of local and national policies informing health & social care
• Demonstrates leadership in practice
• Demonstrates evidence-based practice
• Knowledge of clinical governance, audit, supervision and professional codes of conduct
• Values and beliefs of HCP
• Concepts of integrated working
• Able to have difficult or challenging conversations
• Work flexibly across specified area
• Lifelong learning and development
• Understanding of self and limitations
• Awareness of professional responsibilities and boundaries

Desirable

• Previous managerial/leadership role

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN)
• Educated to degree level
• Management qualification or willingness to undertake development
• Evidence of training and professional development in safeguarding practice at masters level or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Leadership qualification
• Postgraduate qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a team environment and holding and managing a clinical caseload in the community
• Experience of safeguarding children casework and identifying and managing risk
• Experience of supervising others
• Willingness to develop leadership and managerial skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead Health Centre, St Michael’s Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3JS

Employer's website: https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/