Team Lead, Healthy Child Programme 0-5 | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the community is looking for a Team Lead for the Healthy Child Programme based in East Grinstead. This part-time position requires dynamic leadership and the ability to manage a diverse health team. The ideal candidate will have an SCPHN qualification and a passion for maintaining high-quality service delivery. Excellent flexible working options and a supportive environment, including training and supervision, will be provided. This role is crucial for enhancing community health services.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Supportive networks for diverse communities

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a health team or delivering health services.
• Ability to work collaboratively with partner agencies.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme Hub in Mid Sussex North.
• Manage and support a team of Health Visitors and Community Nurses.
• Develop and implement local and national health priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Flexibility

Relationship Development

Clinical Expertise

Management Skills

Education

SCPHN (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse) qualification

Job description

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

For full details please see the attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Dec 2025