Job summary
Team Leader, Children's Community Nursing Team: Permanent (37.5 hours)

The Team Leader for the Children's Community Nursing Team (CCNT) is responsible for providing strategic, clinical, educational and operational leadership to the service, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, high-quality, child and family-centred care. The post holder will lead and manage the Children's Community Nursing Team, making effective use of resources to meet service demands whilst maintaining the highest standards of patient care and professional practice.

Main duties of the job
As a key member of the Children's Services senior leadership team, the post holder will support the implementation of national policy, local priorities and Trust objectives relating to children's community health services. They will ensure that all staff work within the professional standards, codes of conduct and scope of practice defined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Working collaboratively with colleagues across primary, secondary and tertiary care, the post holder will lead the delivery of community-based services for children and young people with acute, complex and chronic health care needs. They will be responsible for overseeing the coordination of complex discharge planning processes, ensuring seamless transitions from hospital to home and promoting integrated, multidisciplinary care pathways.

The Team Leader will provide expert clinical guidance, professional leadership and educational support to the nursing workforce, fostering a positive culture of learning, development and continuous improvement. They will champion evidence-based practice, quality improvement and innovation, identifying opportunities to develop the service in line with current research, best practice and the evolving needs of children, young people and their families.

Working autonomously within established Clinical Governance frameworks, the post holder will demonstrate advanced clinical expertise, sound decision-making and exceptional communication skills.

About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

The post holder will demonstrate advanced clinical expertise, excellent communication and leadership skills, and work autonomously to ensure the service continues to develop in line with national guidance, evidence-based practice and the needs of children, young people and their families.

Qualifications
Essential

• RSCN/RN-Child with current registration
• ENB 998/997/mentorship module or equivalent
• Recognised Children's Community Qualification or equivalent experience
• Relevant Life Support certificate
• Advanced Life Support/ PiLS/ EPLS
• Clinical skills sick and injured child

Desirable

• Independent Prescribing or commitment to work towards
• Advanced Communication Qualification
• Palliative and End of life qualification
• First Line Management Course
• Asthma Diploma

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of relevant Paediatric Nursing experience at senior level, working in a relevant clinical area
• Proven experience of practice development
• Proven experience of management/ staff supervision
• Proven experience of implementing clinical governance
• Experience of developing and monitoring guidelines

Desirable

• Experience of change management
• Experience of budget management
• Experience of audit

Skills & Knowledge
Essential

• Clinical expert in the area of practice
• Able to address and solve complex problems
• Excellent decision-making and leadership skills
• Excellent understanding of clinical governance and risk management process
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Able to supervise colleagues and lead education
• Knowledge of relevant regional and national initiatives
• Portfolio of appropriate expanded role skills
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Skilled motivator and negotiator
• Able to think strategically
• Good understanding of local and national issues
• Able to demonstrate sound application of theory to practice
• Critical appraisal skills and understanding of research methodology

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).