Children's Community Nursing Services Team leader

Main area Childrens Community Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This is a Monday to Friday post) Job ref

Employer Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Lukes Hospital Town Bradford Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/10/ :59

Children's Community Nursing Services Team leader

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

Closing Date: 24.10.26

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 25.10.26

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Children’s Nurse to take on the Team Leader role in the Children’s Community/Continuing Care Team.

The Children’s Community/Continuing Care Team is a service within the Bradford District concerned with providing short term out of hospital care to children with time limited illnesses in addition to supporting families with Children who have complex needs over an extended period of time.

To come and join our team you will need to have a sound knowledge of the management of a variety childhood illnesses, be able to work autonomously and take on new challenges. You will have experience of service development and a keen interest in safety culture and quality improvement.

The successful applicant will have a positive attitude towards their work and be well subscribed to the Bradford Teaching Hospitals corporate trust values.

A current full UK / EU driving licence is desirable in addition to access to a vehicle to carry out duties and attend meetings at multiple sites.

Main duties of the job

The Team Leader will be responsible for the management of a large team of staff and ensuring the provision of highly specialised nursing care and advice. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and management skills and the ability to use available resources to provide a consistent seven day service to the children and families of the Bradford District.

The post holder will be responsible for planning, implementing and delivering children’s nursing services within the community. The role carries overall responsibility for the day to day co-ordination of the care delivered to children who require both nursing support and continuing care within the community setting. This is both for children with complex needs to children who require time limited nursing interventions. The emphasis of the post will be quality improvement and effective clinical nursing leadership. The post holder will ensure all aspects of quality and safety are integral to the care delivered to children. The post holder is also responsible for on-going evaluation of services. This will be completed through ongoing audit with a focus on shaping future services to local needs

Working for our organisation

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the attached job description and person specification for a detailed description of this exciting role

Person specification

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience in paediatric nursing
• Experience in managing a team and individuals to achieve positive outcomes
• Experience of workforce planning and delegation to ensure the skills and experience with children’s community services is utilised to enhance and improve care.
• Experience of working in an MDT and across organisational and professional boundaries
• Experience of Involvement in quality improvement
• Experience of training and competency reviews in relation to performance management.
• Experience of working in children’s community nursing services.
• Proven experience in supporting service delivery change models in relation to improvements in children’s community nursing.
• Experience of service user involvement in the evaluation of children’s community nursing services.

Skills

• Excellence in interpersonal and communication skills (Emotional intelligence)
• Clinical credibility in paediatric nursing
• Evidence of leadership skills and change management
• Excellent time management and self-organisation skills
• A proven ability to manage, motivate and empower others.
• Proven evidence of change management skills
• A proven ability to manage complaints at a local level and, recognise when a patient’s experience is less than optimal and taking action to mitigate a complaint.
• Knowledge and experience of working with children with complex care needs
• Report writing in relation to localised service evaluation and review
• Mentoring and counselling skills

Knowledge

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality working across organisational boundaries and integrated care providers.
• Knowledge of local commissioning arrangements.

Qualifications

• Child Nursing Qualification
• A recognised Leadership Qualification or currently enrolled on an appropriate course
• Children’s Community Nursing qualification

other

• Full UK Driving Licence

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Sharon Howarth Job title Matron children community and outpatients service Email address Additional information

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