Team Leader

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Milnrow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Team Leader to guide the public health element of the 0-19 Integrated Children and Families Service. You will lead a designated skill-mix team, ensure KPI targets are met, and drive integration with Family Hubs and partner agencies.

You will provide clinical leadership, supervise staff, support non-medical prescribing activities, and foster high standards of care while safeguarding vulnerable children and families.

Qualifications

• Degree or relevant experience in a health-related field
• NMC SCPHN in Health Visiting or School Nursing preferred
• Non-medical prescribing qualification required
• Leadership programme or working towards recommended

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
• Monitor KPI performance and take remedial action as needed
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision within the team
• Collaborate with partner agencies to plan and deliver services
• Support safeguarding and quality assurance across districts

Skills

Leadership

KPI reporting

Risk management

Team management

Public health knowledge

Non-medical prescribing

Multi-agency collaboration

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Degree or relevant experience

Diploma in relevant specialist area

Non-medical prescribing qualification

NMC SCPHN in Health Visiting or School Nursing

Job description

The Team Leader will provide support to the Lead Nurse and Integrated Children & Families Service Manager to meet the aims, objectives as set out in the service specification of the 0-19 (25 SEND) Integrated Children and Families Service; incorporating the family hubs programme. To lead, manage and oversee co-ordination and local delivery of the public health element of the service specification for a designated skill mix team; ensuring that the key performance indicators (KPI) are met, and remedial actions put in place. To work closely with the Family Hubs Manager to jointly plan, coordinate, deploy and oversee the work of the Child and Family Practitioner and the Business Support roles. The post holder will be professionally accountable for the delivery of the healthy child programme and public health agenda. The post holder will provide clinical leadership to members of the team and facilitate professional specific supervision for other team members. The post holder will encourage and drive the Integration agenda within the designated district. The Post holder will have continuous responsibility for the management of risk demonstrating flexibility and adaptability to work safely in different environments. The post holder will be required to work autonomously and effectively manage the activity of the Integrated skill mix team., As a team leader you will actively support the identification of heslth needs in order to influence and work alongside partner agencies. You will be reponsible for monitoring and reporting on KPI's for your district and ensuring effective steps are taken should these fall below the expected target. You will be responsible for the analysis of statutory returns around delvery of the Healthy Child Programme. You will ensure the service is proactive in the early identification of children with SEND ensuring appropriate support is delivered for the child and family resulting in smooth transitions to school. You will work alongside the Clinical and Quality Assurance Leads to ensure the delivery of high standards of care and service provision. You will be required to work within Safeguarding guidelines and support your staff to do the same.

• The Team Leader will support innovation, the delivery of evidence-based practice and quality service provision.
• The Team Leader will ensure that audit programmes are in place for their District.
• The post holder will be expected to maintain clinical competency by undertaking patient related clinical activity appropriate to role. This includes, undertake holistic assessment of need, interventions consistent with evidence-based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet clients needs.Undertaking non-medical prescribing role as required for the post holder.

The NCA is committed to providing inclusive, accessible care and building a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, identities and beliefs. We are proud supporters of the Armed Forces community and offer a guaranteed interview to eligible applicants who meet the essential criteria. As a Disability Confident Employer, we also guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. Vacancies may close early where high application volumes are received or an internal redeployee is identified. For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.

• Degree or relevant experience / Diploma in relevant specialist area
• Leadership programme or working towards
• Non-medical prescribing Qualification
• NMC Registered Specialist Community Health Public Nurse (SCPHN) in Health Visiting or School Nursing, Evidence of influencing a significant agenda outside of direct control
• Working knowledge of Early Years and Family Hubs model
• Evidence of leading and negotiating a significant service change
• Currently engaged in an advanced level of practice and able to demonstrate effective team management
• Demonstrate oversight of quality and safety within service
• Good knowledge base of current legislation and national plans which impact on public health agenda / early years
• Excellent knowledge of Healthy Child Programme early years model
• Management experience
• Extensive experience of working in partnership with other agencies
• Ability to undertake detailed analysis of KPI performance data and action planning to address areas of poor performance
• Highly motivated and able to work independently
• Managing change in clinical practice
• Ability to understand and translate national policy and guidelines for use within the team and the Trust
• Effective skills in risk assessment and managerial processes
• Aware of the external environment on the needs and health of individuals
• Recent evidence of developed skills, knowledge and leadership competences
• Ability to communicate at all levels both written and oral
• Negotiating skills with nursing and other professionals, often in a challenging environment
• Research and auditing skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively
• Staff Management and supervisory experience
• High level of problem solving and planning skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with all
• disciplines and agencies to meet the needs of the post in full
• Demonstrate ability to work within multi -agency/professional setting
• Demonstrates evidence of involvement in development of protocols and clinical audit
• Professional leadership qualities/team player
• Able to analyse and make the decisions in relation to patient risk and care in complex cases
• Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs, Experience of quality improvement methodologies
• Experience of supporting positive team philosophy
• Excellent presentation skills
• An understanding of personal resilience
• Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes
  
• The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a