Children in Care Council, 2016 We need workers who think about how they treat us. This means workers who treat us fairly and who show us they care. We dont want to be labelled and we should be treated like normal people; dont look down on us. Workers need excellent communication skills, this includes listening skills. Our workers need to be able to listen to our views, ask how and what we are feeling and make sure they understand what we are saying by checking back with us. We expect our workers to demonstrate that they respect us and our experience in real ways by not taking phone calls during meetings, and by writing down what we say and talking in short simple language. Finally, we expect our workers to work hard for us. This means doing what they say they will do, sticking to promises and not making excuses. We expect our workers to respond promptly to us and provide up to date contact details, especially for out of hours. It is important that workers build good relationships with us and are flexible and willing to change their view and always do what is best for us. Job Purpose: The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the day-to-day clinical and operational leadership and management of public health nursing (health visiting/school nursing teams) for a designated geographical area. Ensures the delivery of an effective and appropriate service that identifies need within a family, school or community and addresses health inequalities. This includes first line safeguarding advice and supervision To support the development and implementation of service development, standard setting, clinical audit and benchmarking, to deliver needs-led evidence based care that supports the local and national priorities. Promote effective patient and public involvement in the development and delivery of services. To be the principal point of contact for allocated GP practices, childrens centres, schools and the private and voluntary providers and facilitate partnership working. To develop and deliver co-operative working arrangements that support healthy outcomes for children, young people and their families Ensures robust and accurate data recording systems are in place within the locality and that this is monitored regularly To take a lead on specific public health priorities or project requirements across localities Practice within the NMC code and Devon County Council policies and procedures 2 This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English. Main duties and responsibilities: Responsible for planning, developing and implementing systems and procedures that ensure that the public health nursing team delivers responsive care within the allocated resources. Responsible for providing cover for other Public Health Nurse Team Managers as required Responsible for working collaboratively with other Public health Nurse Team Managers and business support team leaders within a hub model to provide services across a wider geographical area. Responsible for the delivery of the national and local commissioned public health priorities e.g. breastfeeding & NCMP Responsible for evidencing delivery of service priorities and outcomes and addressing challenges arising in relation to this. Management and supervision of direct line reports (school nurses and health visitors) including initial safeguarding supervision and completion of appraisals. Management of initial HR issues e.g. recruitment, sickness absence, performance and undertake investigations Have financial oversight for the team budget and meet financial targets. This includes authorised signatory for overtime payments, bank staff, time sheets etc Responsible for authorising expenditure and holds budgetary accountability for the procurement of physical assets and supplies e.g. community equipment. Managing and developing the team to deliver the healthy child programme and meet key performance indicators. Ensuring all team members have the competencies to undertake their role Ensuring robust data returns and data validation Engage with key stakeholders both internal and external and promote good working relationships Uphold the organisations values and promote positive behaviours in the team and wider organisation Patient Care Responsibilities: To monitor and develop clinical practice and ensure clinical standards are evidence based and adhere to national and local guidance and policy Completion of audits and implementation of action plans from audits, complaints etc Support the development of quality initiatives and engage in the quality and governance agenda e.g. internal quality reviews, completion of annual quality account Provides specialist clinical guidance to staff and other agencies in area of expertise Participates in child protection case conferences, network meetings, and other multi-agency meetings as appropriate and supports team members in the safeguarding process Freedom to Act: Acts as an autonomous public health nurse manager accountable for own professional actions. Responsible for recognising the needs of the service, identifying risk and making autonomous decisions to provide appropriate management of the public health nursing team Ensures that accurate and contemporaneous records are kept by staff in the team Escalates risk appropriately e.g. to line manager, safeguarding Location/Mobility You may be required to work at, or from, any additional location as may be determined by the organisation from time to time. The organisation also reserves the right from time to time to change your base on a permanent basis to a reasonable location determined by it at the time the change is made. You may also be required to travel between premises for the performance of your duties. This document outlines the duties for the time being to indicate the level of responsibility. It is not a comprehensive or exclusive list and the duties may be varied from time to time which do not change the general character to the job or the level of responsibility entailed.supervisor Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification on the right hand side when completing your application.