Team Leader

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS organization in Liverpool is seeking a Team Leader to spearhead the Healthy Child Programme and ensure excellent health outcomes for children. This position involves managing a dedicated team and collaborating with various agencies to improve local health. Candidates must be registered nurses with relevant experience. The organization values flexible working and professional growth opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Community Healthcare.
• Experience of working within specialist area.
• Knowledge of the Public Health Agenda.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.
• Collaborate with partnership agencies to address health needs.
• Cover for team members during absences.

Skills

Communication skills

Change management

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Education

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

First level Degree or equivalent

Masters study in relevant specialist area or working towards

Job description

Go back Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Team Leader

The closing date is 30 October 2025

Exciting Leadership Opportunity with Bridgewater Community NHS Foundation Trust!

Are you ready to take the next step in your career and help shape the future ofour service?

Werelooking for passionate and motivated individuals to join us as Team Leaders

Thisis a unique chance to step into a leadership role with the full support andmentorship of our highly experienced Team Leaders, who are transitioning intopartial retirement. Youll be part of a forward-thinking team committed toexcellence, innovation, and developing the next generation of leaders. Ifyou're ready to make a real impact, we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

To lead, manage and oversee the co-ordinationof local delivery of the Healthy Child Programme within the 0-19 integratedservice requirements, using the healthy child programme as a framework tosupport delivery. This will include delivery and monitoring of delivery targetsof all core Public Health commissioned interventions, including immunisations,health screening/surveillance, health assessments and a requirement to supportthe health needs of any vulnerable children/young people within the caseload. Workin collaboration with partnership agencies to address the needs of all children0-19 years within vulnerable groups including those on the child protectionregister.

To provide cover in conjunction with othermembers of the 0-19 Integrated team across Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHSTrust in times of annual leave, sickness and school holidays.

Halton 0-19 Healthy Child Service worksacross Runcorn and Widnes which makes up the borough of Halton. We deliver theHealthy Child Programme and aim to improve quality health outcomes for Haltonchildren and their families.

Halton HealthyChild 0-19 Service includes Health Visiting, School Nursing, Family NursePartnership, and the Immunisation team all working together to improve thehealth and wellbeing of young people. You will have the opportunity to developyour skills working with a whole range of partners within the Local Authority,Schools, Primary Care, and voluntary and statutory agencies, as well as GPs

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver ourNHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health andpromote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they werecreated in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was importantto them

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs andpromote independence in the healthcare we provide..

E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationshipsbased on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the rightskills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities andshow great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to providesustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification outlining all the roles and duties for this post.

This will be attached as a separate document .

Person Specification

Relationships

• If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Sponsorship

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing/Health Visiting
• First level Degree (or equivalent)
• Masters study in relevant specialist area or working towards

Experience

• Working knowledge of Community Healthcare
• Experience of working within specialist area
• Good knowledge base of current legislation and national plans which impact on Community Care
• Knowledge of the Public Health Agenda.
• Excellent knowledge of Healthy Child Programme
• Working in partnership with other agencies.
• Working in partnership with other agencies.

Job Specific Requirements

• Ability to work weekends/evenings according to Service requirements as part of an all year round Service.
• The ability to work flexibly from a number of bases in Halton and provide cover in accordance with Service needs
• The ability to travel independently across the Trust

Skills & Knowledge

• Good understanding of how to work with individuals and groups.
• Managing change in clinical practice.
• Aware of the external environment on the needs and health of individuals.
• Recent evidence of developed skills, knowledge and competences.
• Ability to communicate at all levels both written and oral.
• Negotiating skills with nursing and other professionals, often in a challenging environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Research and auditing skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively.

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.

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