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You will be responsible for operational management and professional leadership of your Child & Family Health Team within a geographical area of the HSCP’s. You will effectively manage the deployment of team resources within the area to provide an efficient service which complements the overall Children and Family service within the area. You will have change management, staff development (via Turas PDPs), local health & safety and clinical risk management responsibilities. You may also undertake clinical work when required to support the effective functioning of the team. You will actively contribute to clinical / care governance activity
in collaboration with other members of the multi-agency, multi-disciplinary teams within Children & Family Services and at National level where appropriate. You will be a senior member of the local management team will be expected to deputise in the absence of the Service manager where appropriate and provide cross cover to other Team Leaders, to ensure effective and efficient service delivery.
It is essential that you are currently a Registered Nurse with a currently valid registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You should also have post registration qualification in Health Visiting/Public Health Nursing and relevant post registration experience as a PHN/Health Visitor/School Nurse. You should be educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience and working knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to Child Protection, Children’s Act, Police Act and Vulnerable adults. You should have evidence of continuing professional development and excellent communication skills. You should have leadership & management qualifications or experience and skills to plan and organise complex activities, programmes, projects and implementation of change. You should have problem solving skills and the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team. You should have the ability to work to challenging deadlines and IT Skills – word processing/ PowerPoint /email/internet/intranet Desirable. It would be desirable if you have a current driving licence. The shift pattern for this post is 5 days per week 9.00am – 5.00pm.
Informal Contact: Karin O’Hagan, Children’s Service Manager, Tel No: 0141 451 7129
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .