Team Leader, Childrens Community Nursing Team

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Annual leave 27-33 days

NHS Pension Scheme

Eye tests

Gym discount

Bicycle loan

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Sick pay

Employee support

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Team Leader for the Children’s Community Nursing Team on a permanent 37.5-hour contract. The post holder will provide strategic, clinical and operational leadership to ensure safe, high-quality, child and family-centred care.

You will lead the CCNT, work with primary, secondary and tertiary care partners, coordinate complex discharge planning, and champion evidence-based practice and continuous improvement within

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, clinical and operational leadership to the Children’s Community Nursing Team (CCNT).
• Lead and manage the CCNT to deliver safe, high-quality, child and family-centred care.
• Coordinate complex discharge planning and ensure seamless hospital-to-home transitions.
• Promote evidence-based practice, quality improvement and multidisciplinary care pathways.

Job description

Team Leader, Children's Community Nursing Team: Permanent (37.5 hours)

The Team Leader for the Children’s Community Nursing Team (CCNT) is responsible for providing strategic, clinical, educational and operational leadership to the service, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, high-quality, child and family-centred care. The post holder will lead and manage the Children’s Community Nursing Team, making effective use of resources to meet service demands whilst maintaining the highest standards of patient care and professional practice.

As a key member of the Children’s Services senior leadership team, the post holder will support the implementation of national policy, local priorities and Trust objectives relating to children’s community health services. They will ensure that all staff work within the professional standards, codes of conduct and scope of practice defined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Working collaboratively with colleagues across primary, secondary and tertiary care, the post holder will lead the delivery of community-based services for children and young people with acute, complex and chronic health care needs. They will be responsible for overseeing the coordination of complex discharge planning processes, ensuring seamless transitions from hospital to home and promoting integrated, multidisciplinary care pathways.

The Team Leader will provide expert clinical guidance, professional leadership and educational support to the nursing workforce, fostering a positive culture of learning, development and continuous improvement. They will champion evidence-based practice, quality improvement and innovation, identifying opportunities to develop the service in line with current research, best practice and the evolving needs of children, young people and their families.

Working autonomously within established Clinical Governance frameworks, the post holder will demonstrate advanced clinical expertise, sound decision-making and exceptional communication skills.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.

Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Anna Lomas Job title: PA to Kerry Taylor Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07931132550