Job summary
The Childrens Community Nursing Team is based at The Moor Lane Centre, Chessington, and is funded by the NHS. The team consists of specialist school and community nurses, health care assistants and support workers and provides nursing care to children and young people with complex health needs and disabilities within community settings in Kingston.
The community nursing team also provides a specialist nurse-led sleep service and forms part of the Integrated Service for Children with Disabilities (ISCD), working across health, education and social care.
Main duties of the job
As the Childrens Community Nursing Team Lead your main responsibilities will incldue:
- Providing a neurodevelopmental paediatric nursing service to children aged 0 to 18 years (and up to 19 years in special schools) who have a range of developmental neurological disabilities.
- Undertaking assessments of children, using standardised assessments tools.These children may have complex and/or long term disabilities and additional needs.
- Liaising with the multidisciplinary team, families, carers and other professionals to maintain a holistic view of the child or young person. Where there are other professionals involved the team aim to provide advice and support jointly with those other relevant professionals.
- Providing detailed reports for various purposes to include EHCP (education and health care plans).
- Communicating effectively in complex and challenging situations.
- Providing clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and pre and post diagnostic support team.
About us
Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.
We are responsible for the entire range of children's education, health and social care services in all three boroughs. We use a Signs of Safety practice model and approach which ensures the voice of the child is at the heart of everything we do. There's never been a better time to join AfC, we are growing our workforce, implementing new flexible working arrangements and have increased our virtual wellbeing offer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
About the service
The Childrens Community Nursing Team is based at The Moor Lane Centre, Chessington, and is funded by the NHS. The team consists of specialist school and community nurses, health care assistants and support workers and provides nursing care to children and young people with complex health needs and disabilities in special schools, at home and within community services. The community nursing team also provides a specialist nurse-led sleep service and forms part of the Integrated Service for Children with Disabilities (ISCD), working across health, education and social care. The newly established pre and post diagnostic support team also sits within the community nursing service.
About the role
This is a mixed clinical and leadership role supporting the head of health services to deliver an exceptional quality and cost effective nursing service which meets performance targets against quality and productivity measures. We are seeking an experienced and motivated team leader to manage and grow a team of nurses and support staff working in a range of settings across Kingston. This will involve networking to create new relationships and require flexibility to align with emerging delivery models within the education and health sectors.
The Team Lead will have the ability to inspire and manage a team to ensure they deliver high quality, evidence based nursing care and will work with others to improve organisational performance. You will be highly motivated to deliver change, build relationships and work alongside the head of health services to create a team that will provide outstanding services for children and young people with disabilities. The post holder requires developed clinical expertise with demonstrable experience of working as a paediatric nurse in a community setting. They will carry a small caseload alongside providing clinical supervision and leadership and they will support the selection and employment of staff within budget.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience working with children and young people in a community setting Sound knowledge and understanding of children's community nursing services Experience of managing and leading a team and developing a workforce Experience of coaching and supporting staff and managing the performance of others Experience working with challenging families and team members and an ability to manage conflict Ability to work independently and manage own workload with minimal supervision Extensive safeguarding knowledge and experience Car driver and access to a car for work purposes Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with Working knowledge of clinical governance and audit, including implementation Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Childrens Act) and national policy drivers that will affect children's services and your role
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/ BSC/ Post Graduate Diploma/ MSc Children's Nursing with current NMC registration. Management/ Leadership qualification or equivalent experience Teaching and assessing qualification Evidence of continuous professional development Community qualification or equivalent experience
Personal attributes
Essential
- A passion for Achieving for Children's vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.
- Strong organisational abilities including: time management, creative-thinking, problem-solving and multitasking.
- Able to work flexibly and independently with limited management oversight.
- Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to overcome obstacles, achieve challenging objectives, celebrate success and deliver excellent outcomes for children.
- Taking a strength based approach to managing situations.
- Commitment to resource-sharing and collaborative working within Achieving for Children and across organisational boundaries in the best interests of children and families.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and pragmatic, including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Achieving For Children
Address
The Moor Lane Centre
Moor Lane
Chessington
Surrey
KT92AA