0-19 Team Leader

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust ,
London, Greater London
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If you are ready for a Team Leader's position within an Integrated Public Health Nursing Service managing a progressive, forward thinking and innovative team of Public Health Nurses then we would like to hear from you. A vacancy has arisen for a Locality Team Leader in the Willesden 0-19 service. This is a full-time post within the locality of Brent. In order to be eligible for this post, applicants must be a qualified Specialist Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) - School Health Nursing or Health Visiting. Brent has a multi- cultural community, providing the opportunity to work with a diverse population. The Willesden 0-19 Service operates across the local wards of: Harlesden, Neasden, Stonebridge, Kilburn, part of Willesden and part of North Circular. As a Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring a safe and effective delivery of service and leadership with the implementation of the Healthy Child Programme within the School Health Service and 0-5's Core Programme. The 0-19 Service works with a number of school clusters and families and parents and carers' of children under the age of 5.Your role will be to manage and delegate work to a defined locality team, ensuring appropriate skills are used to plan and deliver public health care identified within the core programme. In addition, you will have an overview of the profiled health needs for the local community ensuring that the 0-19 service meets the needs of the local population that resources are utilised effectively and any service gaps identified and addressed. This is to include meeting the requirements of the service level agreements and the school health profiles. You will be of support for members of the team and attend meetings as and when required and feedback to the Locality Lead and take on extra responsibilities within the service, as requested by the Locality Lead and Clinical Unit Business Manager (CBU). You will provide professional leadership and management for the integrated 0-19 Public Health Nursing Teams, particularly in relation to caseload management. In addition, you will be taking on responsibility and leading the development of a defined element of the programme county wide. We work very closely with our partner agencies to enrich the mix of skills available and strengthen our position as a service provider. Working within the Willesden Team 1 are Health Visitors, School Health Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses and Nursery Nurse Assistants. You need to have a passion for working with children, young people and families and have a comprehensive understanding of the Public Health Agenda in Brent. It is essential that you also have a thorough knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme (0-19), Central London Community Healthcare Values. It is essential applicants can meet the travel requirements of the post. Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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