About this role
Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
Leading and managing the day-to-day operation of the CCNT, ensuring effective use of resources and delivery of high standards of care. Providing expert clinical leadership, advice and support to the team, ensuring practice complies with NMC standards, Trust policies and clinical governance requirements. Coordinating complex discharge planning and working collaboratively with multi-agency partners across primary, secondary and tertiary care. Developing, supporting and managing staff through recruitment, appraisal, supervision, education and training. Promoting continuous quality improvement through audit, risk management, incident investigation and implementation of learning. Ensuring safeguarding, infection prevention, equality, confidentiality and patient safety principles are embedded throughout the service. Leading workforce development by delivering training, assessing competence and fostering a culture of learning and reflective practice. Contributing to strategic service development, performance reporting and service improvement initiatives. Participating in on-call arrangements and providing operational support and professional leadership across Children's Services as required. The post holder will demonstrate advanced clinical expertise, excellent communication and leadership skills, and work autonomously to ensure the service continues to develop in line with national guidance, evidence-based practice and the needs of children, young people and their families.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
RSCN/RN-Child with current registration ENB 998/997/mentorship module or equivalent Recognised Children's Community Qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
Independent Prescribing or commitment to work towards Qualification in leadership Masters degree, working towards or equivalent experience
Experience Essential
Evidence of working with commisioners
Desirable
Experience of change management
Knowledge Essential
Comprehensive knowledge of children's community nursing practices and pathways Understanding of safeguarding children legislation, policies and procedures.
Desirable
Experience contributing to business cases and workforce planning
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Tameside NHS intergrated NHS Trust
fountain street
Ashton Under Lyne
OL69RW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)