School Nurse Team Leader, Children & Family Health Teams

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly enthusiastic and motivated clinical School Nurse Team Lead within the Children’s Nursing Service in East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership. This post will comprise of 50/50 split between team lead management and clinical caseload.

We are looking for an inspiring individual to provide both professional leadership and operational management, leading the delivery, planning and development of clinical care in Children and Families Nursing services. The East Renfrewshire school nursing team along with our clinical support staff deliver targeted support to meet the wellbeing needs of children, young people and their families.

This leadership role offers opportunity to be involved at a senior level to develop the quality of school nursing services for children and families across East Renfrewshire. The post holder will have experience in delivering Scotland’s Public Health agenda, including Getting it Right for Every Child, The Promise and the Children and Young People’s Act 2014.

The post holder will be highly skilled school nurse with an interest in leadership and people management. They will have a flexible strengths-based approach, be innovative and quality orientated with an ability to respond positively to change.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

This is a permanent full-time post of 36 hours per week.

This post is based in Eastwood Health and Care Centre but may involve working across the authority to support the school nursing service.

The shift pattern for this post is Monday – Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm

Key responsibilities:

1. 1. To work collaboratively with the service manager and Practice Development staff to facilitate, lead, support and co-ordinate the development of staff within their team ensuring that an ethos of shared responsibility and joint working is embedded in practice.
   2. Undertake the leadership and management of the team and develop an effective and positive team environment.
   3. Ensure communication systems verbal and electronic are clear and effective at all levels.
   4. Through supervision and collection of statistical information, monitor and review resources, activity and caseload management with colleagues across the CH(C)P, and system as required.
   5. Directly supervise their team and use this supervision to identify areas of good practice or concern. This includes clinical supervision where professionally appropriate.
   6. Ensure that staff within their service is clinically skilled and appropriately supported to manage Safeguarding issues.
   7. Ensure (along with the university) that effective arrangements are in place for student and qualified nurse placements for pre and post registration students.

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

The successful candidate will currently be a Registered Nurse with the NMC and will hold the qualification of Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (school nursing). A Post-Graduate Certificate in Child Protection is desirable but not essential.

Please see attached Person Specification.

What we offer:

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact:

Morag Ferguson, Senior Nurse, 07717274944

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates

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