SCPHN Team Leader

• Please see Role Profile for full details
• Management, supervision
• and support of all the staff working in the Public Health Nursing team to
• deliver the Healthy Child Programme and Safeguarding responsibilities to the
• standards defined in the service specification.

Manage the Public Health

• Nursing team demonstrating effective use of resources and workforce planning by
• monitoring workload and, responsible for efficient rostering, maintain
• appropriate staffing levels and skill mix taking account of role and competence
• of staff.

Maintain own clinical

• competence as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, practising for a
• minimum 0.4wte in own area of specialist practice, supporting practice actively
• by working closely with the team, providing teaching, supervision and development.
• To deliver supervision - clinical, management and safeguarding - as per the service policy and
• participate in the safeguarding duty rota.

Lead the escalation of

children's needs and safety plans to challenge decisions and practice when

required, within a multi-agency working environment, following SBCs escalation

policy.

To embed best practice

through quality assurance activities providing assurance that practice meets

all CQC, ICB, SEND, OFSTED and SSP standards and regulations.

Play a key role in

preparing for and being part of inspections from statutory and regulatory

bodies.

Be the named preceptor to

newly qualified SCPHNs and support them through preceptorship.

Ensure that clinical

assessments, targeted and specialist interventions, support plans are in place

to ensure that management of health, care and wellbeing of children, young

people and families, in line with agreed service procedures and national legislation.

Work with multiple

stakeholders to deliver solutions in complex and broad cases, providing

expertise and technical knowledge to support residents of Swindon, as well as

providing guidance to more junior members of staff.

Represent the Council in

multidisciplinary work with health, police and other colleagues, working

collaboratively to ensure effective communication and information sharing to

support decision making processes on specific cases, projects, or areas of work.

Use advanced skills and

knowledge within their area to assess, support planning and manage risks for

children, young people and families, applying SSP and Council policy to lead

the team to manage risk appropriately.

Supports the Professional

Lead for implementation of national standards for management of incidents,

risks and clinical safety i.e. Patient Safety Incident Response

Framework.

Decides and applies

agreed standards to services, identifying improvements and developments

locally, that can be influenced by best-in-class externally.

Build relationships with

colleagues and internal and external stakeholders/customers to deliver expert

social, health and care services to residents of Swindon.

Any other duties and/or

accountabilities commensurate with the roles seniority to meet the needs of

residents, through the application of relevant knowledge, skills and experience

within the specialism of the role.