Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse to join our Children, Young People and Families Public Health Service in a Professional Lead role.
Our Professional Leads are responsible for leading and developing the Healthy Child Programme workforce across Southend, ensuring that services are safe, effective, evidenced based and of a high quality.
The Professional lead provides an outstanding role model for the delivery of client centred care. The post holder demonstrates the importance of performance, professionalism and accountability in caring for self and others and is seen as a champion for children and young people.
The professional lead works closely with our Public Health Team Leaders for health visiting and school nursing to identify areas of development for the services and operate as a visible and accessible operational lead.
We offer:
A comprehensive induction
Staff support via
management, safeguarding and restorative supervision.
A flexible working pattern.
Continuation of NHS
pensions, and reimbursement of NMC fees.
All SCPHN posts recruited
to are currently eligible for a recruitment and retention bonus of £3000 pro rata.
A Local Authority pay
award each year.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the operational management and leadership of the Children's Public Health workforce, ensuring that services are continually developing in order to demonstrate responsiveness to local changing needs and demands.
The Professional lead is responsible for ensuring that the Children's Public Health services meet key organisational and mandated targets for the delivery of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme.
The Professional Lead will ensure that the service has a clear focus on the protection of children and young people and will advance the public health priorities for children, young people and families across Southend.
The post holder will work in collaboration with key partners, including A Better Start Southend, Education, Children's Social Care, Early Help, Family Centres, Voluntary Services, Maternity Services and Early Years, to support the continued development of integrated locality-based services to support children and families.
The key responsibilities' and the specific knowledge, skills and experience required is detailed in the Job Description & Person Specification in the Supporting Documents
About us
In
Southend our health visiting, and school nursing team operates within an
integrated 0-19 Children's Public Health service model which incorporates a skill
mix team approach to support aspects of service delivery.
Our
health visitors and school nurses are valued leaders of the Children's Public Health agenda. We work in close collaboration with Children
Centres, Early Years Providers, Education, A Better Start Southend, and other partner agencies to improve population outcomes and reduce
health inequalities for children and young people and their families who live in our city.
Southend is a diverse and busy University city with an attractive seafront, public parks and leisure activities. The city has excellent transport links and is accessible from both Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street stations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
FULL JD AND JOB SPECIFICATION- SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT.
Professional Responsibilities:
The Professional Lead will be responsible for leading and
developing the Healthy Child Programme workforce across Southend ensuring that
services are safe, effective, evidenced based and of a high quality.
They will act as an outstanding role model for
delivering client centred care, emphasising the importance of performance,
professionalism, appearance, and accountability in caring for self and others.
The post holder will be responsible for leading the
contribution and engagement of Childrens Public Health Services in the
development of an Integrated Childrens Workforce in partnership with A Better
Start Southend, Social Services, maternity Services, Early Years and Early Help
and third sector organisations within Southend.
The Professional Lead will be responsible for managing and
ensuring of Childrens 0-19 Public Health Services meet key organisational
targets and deliver against local, including the Southend 2050 Ambition, local
NHS priorities (MSEs HCP 5-yr Strategy) and National priorities.
They will be responsible for ensuring that Childrens Public
Health Services are continually
developing and evaluating services to ensure that they are responsive to any
changing needs and demands.
Have first line operational management responsibility for
the:
- Public
Health Team Leaders
- Specialist
School Nurse
- Specialist
Teams (within Health Visiting and School Nursing)
- Education
Lead 0-19
Be accountable and responsible
for the professional leadership of the workforce ensuring there are robust
communications pathways in place and that staff are aware of relevant
professional issues.
Work alongside the team leaders
to ensure that all nursing staff maintain clinical competence and professional
registration and work within professional codes of conduct and local policies
and procedures.
Oversight of the NMC professional
register to ensure that all nurse registrants are compliant to NMC registration
requirements.
Maintain operational oversight of child
exploitation pathways and partnership risk management meetings.
Provide the operational leadership for the service SEND offer to ensure universal services are
compliant with responsibilities in regard to the Special Educational Needs and
Disability Code of Practice (2015).
To ensure effective transfer and communication
pathways in place with Maternity Providers across the Mid and South Essex Health
Care Partnership.
Contribute to the evaluation processes for jointly
delivered services within the A Better Start Partnership.
Have overall
responsibility for key priority areas including NCMP, healthy weight pathways,
emotional wellbeing support offer for children and young people , SEND, children who
are Electively Home -Educated, and reducing health inequalities for children workstreams.
Have overall
responsibility and oversight for key priority areas including breastfeeding and
infant nutrition, transition to parenthood, integrated 2-year review,
immunisation, teenage pregnancy pathway, and improving health inequality.
Work in
partnership with local partners on delivering high impact pathways as integral
component of the school nursing pathway.
Develop strong governance frameworks with responsibility for developing
and implementing standards, policies, protocols, and operating procedures
ensuring all services are safe evidencing compliance through an annual audit
plan.
Service Planning and Performance:
In
conjunction with the Senior Public Health Lead, develop service plans to meet
agreed strategic direction and deliver the wider corporate objectives.
Ensure that the service can demonstrate it is compliant with
CQC standards of practice through robust maintenance of Key Lines of enquiry
evidence portfolio.
Work with
the Operational Performance & Intelligence Team to
compile monthly service reports and review caseload analysis to ensure that
service delivery is responsive to population needs, demographic trends and safe
staffing.
Ensure
resources are utilised effectively, through appropriate skill mix, staff
education and development and workforce planning.
Training and Education:
Contribute
to the development of staff to ensure that the service provided reflects best
practice, remains evidence based, is current and responsive to meet changing
health needs of local population, Local Authority and NHS.
To encourage
and assess professional development through action learning, reflective
practice, professional supervision, self-appraisal, and performance review.
To ensure
compliance with clinical supervision, management supervision and safeguarding
supervision in line with KPIs and ensure the timely reporting to Safeguarding Clinical
Network (ICS) and the Southend Safeguarding Childrens Partnership Subgroups.
To act as a specialist resource promoting and upskilling the 0-19
Childrens Public Health Service and other agencies regarding a Better Start in
Life.
Oversight of the education and
training framework for pre and post registration students. Liaising with the local Higher Education
Establishment to ensure effective joined up recruitment processes are in place
and that the service is compliant with NMC standards for Education.
Lead service participation in
multi-agency training when required.
To review and develop ongoing
training requirements for professional development of the service.
Identify personal training needs
and development through the process of appraisal and management supervision.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant and relevant experience in operational management of community children's services .
- Experienced in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.
- Proven experience of working within a specialist or senior health visiting role with relevant skills, knowledge and understanding of public health principles and practices.
- Experience of performance management of individuals.
- Experience of evaluating and developing teams to achieve improvement in service delivery.
- Ability to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of clinical and corporate governance systems.
- Evidence of using and implementing evidenced based practice in a specialist community children's services area.
- Evidence of managing financial resources.
Desirable
- Use of SystmOne
- Experience of leading workforce re-design and project management
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse /Registered Sick Children's Nurse/ Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Registered SCPHN
- Post Graduate qualification/education
Additional
Essential
- Current Full UK Driving Licence and car
- A committed, enthusiastic person who can demonstrate good team working and autonomy
- Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Skilled in managing and prioritising own caseload and workload
- Flexibility in working hours and environment
- Time management skills
- Excellent IT skills
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of 0-19 Children's Health agendas and priorities.
- Detailed knowledge of the legislative framework for Public Health Nursing Services.
- A good working knowledge of current inspection and assessment framework.
- Understanding of the challenges facing the children's public health nursing workforce.
- Knowledge on performance management and service delivery prioritisation.
- Working knowledge and understanding of the delivery of the Healthy Child programme.
- Knowledge of safeguarding processes, including familiarity with MARAC/MASH principals
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
Southend On Sea Borough Council
Address
Southend On Sea City Council
Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-sea
SS2 6ER