About this role
Job summary
Band 7 School Nurse Team Leader - Term Time Only
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) School Nurse to join our School Nursing Service as a Band 7 Team Leader.
The successful candidate will provide strong clinical and operational leadership to the School Nursing Team, supporting the delivery of a safe, high-quality and responsive service for our diverse population of school-aged children, young people and their families.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated leader with a strong public health and safeguarding focus, who is committed to developing staff, improving service delivery and promoting positive health and wellbeing outcomes for children and young people.
Main duties of the job The Band 7 School Nurse Team Leader will provide clinical and operational leadership to the School Nursing Team, ensuring the safe, effective and high-quality delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and universal public health services to school-aged children and young people. The post holder will be responsible for team management, staff supervision and development, safeguarding and clinical oversight, caseload management and achievement of service KPIs, while promoting evidence-based practice and addressing health inequalities. They will work collaboratively with schools, partner agencies and other professionals to support vulnerable children and families, drive service improvement and ensure services are responsive to the needs of the local population. You will be responsible for a defined caseload of secondary and primary schools, overseeing the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (5-19). This will involve working in collaboration with parents/carers, education and other multiagency professionals.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population, and we work hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.
As an integrated care organisation, providing both hospital and community services, we offer a range of development opportunities along with attractive benefits to staff at all levels of our organisation. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
We offer flexible working arrangements, Oyster Cards for travel during work time, iPhone, 4G laptop and we also have agile working.
Job description Job responsibilities
The Band 7 School Nurse Team Leader will be part of the Whittington Health School Nursing Service based in Haringey. The post holder will provide clinical and operational leadership to the School Nursing Team, ensuring the safe, effective and high-quality delivery of universal health services to children and young people across designated schools.
Reporting to the Haringey School Nurse Locality Manager, the Team Leader will support the ongoing development of the service and work collaboratively with School Nursing colleagues, schools, partner agencies and key stakeholders to ensure the effective delivery of theHealthy Child Programme, safeguarding responsibilities and local public health priorities.
Main responsibilities include:
Provide day-to-day leadership and management to the School Nursing Team. Provide clinical and safeguarding oversight, supporting staff in the management and escalation of complex cases. Lead and support the effective delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and universal public health services. Provide staff with regular management and professional supervision, appraisal and development. Oversee caseload management and allocation, ensuring services are safe, responsive and focused on the needs of children, young people and families. Monitor and support achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), service specifications and public health priorities. Promote evidence-based practice, quality improvement and the reduction of health inequalities. Work collaboratively with schools, health professionals, local authority services and other partner agencies to improve outcomes for children and young people. Support service development, clinical governance, audit and continuous improvement. Applicants must hold a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification in School Nursing. This is an essential requirement for the position, and applicants who do not hold this qualification will not be shortlisted.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications Essential
RSCN or RN (Child Branch) or Equivalent Specialist Community Public Health School Nursing (SCPHN) qualification
Desirable
Management experience in a health service setting.
Skills & Abilities Essential
Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing in an effective way with people from a variety of backgrounds and different ages Willingness to lead and support management of change. High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes. Ability to manage other members of staff and delegate work appropriately and safely. Ability to work as part of a team.
Knowledge & Experience Essential
Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance relating to children. Ability to apply research to practice Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas. Ability to set personal and team objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity Evidence of Continuing Professional Development. Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children. Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity
Desirable
Management experience in a health service setting
Personal Qualities Essential
Willingness to lead and support management of change Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children.
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 Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address Tynemouth Road Health Centre
London
N15 4RH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)