Team Leader - Children's Community Nursing Team

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 7 Team Lead with hospital or community experience to lead our Integrated Acute Team, which is part of Manchester Children's Community Nursing Service (CCNS). If you have the skill set and drive to lead a large, skilled multidisciplinary team of staff delivering specialist nursing care to children with acute and chronic health needs, then this could be the job for you.

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified children's nurse ready for their next career step into leadership. You will manage the Integrated Acute Team which incorporates acute, hospital at home, acute children's treatment, asthma and phlebotomy teams, in partnership with your Band 7 Team Lead colleague.

You will play a key role in ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care to children and young people in the local community and ensure pathways from secondary to primary care, to reduce and prevent hospital attendance, are followed.

You will also provide management support, as required for cover purposes, to a variety of other CCNS teams such as Complex Care, Special Needs Nursing, Palliative Care etc, ensuring high-quality, child-centred care to children and young people in their homes, schools, and community settings.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

* To provide day to day line management of the Integrated Acute Team focusing on children with acute and chronic health needs, while working closely with the CCNS Matron.

* To take a leadership role in representing the CCNS at relevant meetings, including deputising where necessary for the CCNS Matron.

* To act as the lead clinician, together with your Band 7 colleague, for the Integrated Acute Team.

* To ensure a high standard of care for each child, working with all disciplines and agencies involved with the family.

* To communicate with partner agencies, parents and children in an appropriate manner, often with sensitive information regarding diagnosis and outcomes.

* To work closely with RMCH, North Manchester General Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital to prevent inappropriate admissions / attendance.

* To provide clinical caseload oversight to a high professional standard using highly developed specialist knowledge and practical experience gained in a hospital or community setting.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

IMPORTANT CANDIDATE INFORMATION

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Documents to download’ heading.

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Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.

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Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

As part of our commitment to safeguarding patients and staff, many roles at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This is a standard process across the NHS and helps us ensure a safe environment for everyone.

What is a DBS Check?

A DBS check is a background check that reveals any criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, or warnings. The level of check required depends on the role:

Standard DBS: Checks for spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and final warnings.

Enhanced DBS: Includes the above, plus any additional information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role.

Enhanced with Barred Lists: Includes all of the above, plus checks against the children’s and/or adults’ barred lists.

Who Needs a DBS Check

Most roles involving direct patient contact, working with children or vulnerable adults, or access to sensitive information will require a DBS check. The job advert and recruitment team will let you know if this applies to your role.

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At Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), roles that require a DBS check are subject to a cost recovery policy. This means that the cost of submitting and processing a DBS application if you are successful and join us, will be deducted from your salary within the first three months of employment.   If, however, you withdraw from a conditional offer after the DBS process has begun, you will still be liable for the cost incurred.

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