Team Leader Special School Nursing

Job overview

Band 7 Team Leader Special School Nursing

To provide leadership and line management to the School Nursing Team working across the Sherwood Park School campuses. The Team Leader will be the main point of contact for the nursing team and will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the service, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of care to the children and young people supported by the team.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership, support staff development, and oversee the coordination and delivery of nursing care. They will be responsible for managing emergency situations, safeguarding concerns, and other complex clinical issues, ensuring high standards of care and professional practice are maintained.

The post holder will also be expected to maintain knowledge and expertise in children's continence care and provide specialist advice and support as required.

Main duties of the job

Acts as direct line manager to the School Nursing Team across Sherwood Park Special Needs School Campus.

Develops, promotes and implements integrated working (internal and external) whenever this would improve service delivery options or outcomes for individual children, young people and their families.

Ensures that all staff within the team work to Sutton Health and Care and Epsom and St Helier Hospitals policies, procedures, standard operating procedures and guidelines within the service area and actively contributes to the proposal of policy or service changes as appropriate.

Works closely and collaboratively with the Head of Children’s Services, Service Managers and other Team Leaders across Children’s Services.

Ensures that the agreed service specification is implemented.

Ensures that service reports are completed in a timely manner and ensures that key performance indicators for specified services (Sherwood Park School Nursing and Children’s Continence Service) are met.

Delegates appropriately to ensure consistent co-ordinated care.

Acts as a specialist practitioner and is a resource to other staff both within the department and wider organisation.

Leads by examples and maintains a high level of professional conduct at all times.

Is aware of issues relating to information governance and data security.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.