PHN 5-19 School Nursing Operational Manager
Are you ready to join an innovative and dynamic Public Health Nursing School Nurses 5-19 team at HCT? We're on the lookout for a passionate and dedicated School Nursing Operational Manager!
What we're looking for:
* Enthusiastic candidates who excel in teamwork and leadership.
* Individuals committed to enhancing service delivery and the well-being of staff, partners, and service users.
* Professionals with extensive experience working with children and young people, eager to step into a management role.
Why HCT? At HCT, we prioritise staff well-being and are dedicated to providing high-quality, evidence-based services for the children and young people of Hertfordshire. Our service spans the entire county, fostering strong community ties and offering numerous opportunities to work on creative projects and initiatives.
Your role: As part of the 0-19 senior management team, you'll lead the strategic and operational management of our aligned services. This is your chance to make a real impact!
What we offer:
* Flexible working practices, including full-time and job share arrangements.
* A supportive and forward-thinking team environment.
If you're passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a team that's shaping the future of School Nursing in Hertfordshire, we want to hear from you!
Apply now and help us create a brighter future for our community!
Main duties of the job
1. Lead the delivery of locality services in line with the Trust's strategic direction, ensuring the delivery of high value, patient centred, responsive and efficient patient care.
2. Work with designated operational contacts for local service providers ensuring effective communication and partnership working.
3. Support Head of PHN in the delivery of locality based services, ensuring an integrated approach with specialist services, focused on meeting the needs of a designated community of children and their family/carers.
4. Ensure locality services are delivered in a highly professional and clinically safe manner, in conjunction with the business support team and in accordance with local and national policies and procedures, including compliance with Care Quality Commission standards.
5. Provide management and leadership to staff within areas of responsibility, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
6. Responsibility for ensuring capacity and demand management across service areas to meet activity and waiting time directives, in line with the wider locality performance plan.
7. Responsible for ensuring outcome measures are developed and implemented within areas of service responsibility.
8. Work collaboratively with other managers for preparation of the Business Unit's Annual Plan and be responsible for ensuring aspects relating to areas of service responsibility are delivered.
9. Responsible for the delegated budget and resource management in line with standing financial instructions.
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Job responsibilities
Operational Delivery
1. Take responsibility on behalf of the Head of CUS for the operational management and continuity of Children services for school aged children.
2. Provide leadership to and be responsible for the day to day running of the school nursing teams, promoting multidisciplinary working and ensuring organisational and divisional barriers do not prevent the development and functioning of integrated care pathways and high quality patient care.
3. Through the Clinical Leads undertake regular audit of adherence to associated local and national policies, guidance (e.g. NICE) and standards of care.
4. Contribute to the achievement of access standards within the areas of responsibility, working effectively with other locality and specialist service managers and clinical staff to ensure agreed standards are maintained.
5. Prepare and deliver locality service reviews as agreed, reporting on the performance of services within area of responsibility.
6. Support service/team leads to ensure effective leadership and management of resources, including budgetary responsibilities.
7. Investigate and respond to complaints and incidents/serious incidents within a specified timeframe, analysing and monitoring data collected and collated from each service area to ensure that action is taken to correct and prevent recurrence.
8. Ensure escalation processes are understood and embedded within operational teams.
9. Be responsible, in conjunction with the Head of CUS and Finance Business Partner, for ensuring the budget remains in balance, efficient use is made of service resources and the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions are adhered to.
10. Take responsibility for performance management and achievement in the locality, including management of effective clinical governance and enhancing patient safety.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Clinical qualification to first degree level or equivalent - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nursing).
* Evidence of continuing professional and managerial development.
* Knowledge and expertise in management acquired through in-depth experience or theoretical study, equivalent to post graduate level.
* Knowledge of the education system.
Experience
* Significant experience in an NHS Clinical Service management/leadership role.
* Experience of working with different professional disciplines.
* Experience of working with other agencies on projects, including leading on these projects.
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.
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