Locality Lead for School Nursing in London

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Leadership team within Bromley 0-19, for experienced SCPHNs who wish to pursue a career in management and leadership. The post holder will be responsible for professional leadership and day to day operational management of the Bromley 0-19 School Nursing team. The post holder will manage the clinical and operational requirements of the team, provide professional advice, including safeguarding and clinical input within their area of practice. The post holder will work with Service Lead and other Locality Leads to improve standards and promote good practice and clinical effectiveness within the Bromley 0-19 Children’s Public Health Service. The post holder will provide visible leadership to the team.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will be responsible for the daily operations within the Bromley borough School Nursing team.
• They will work closely with other Locality Leads, the Professional Development Nurse, and Specialist practitioners to support staff in achieving key objectives for the service.
• The post holder will review the KPIs and other relevant performance data monthly for the service, and highlight any anomalies in the data ahead of the quarterly contract meetings.
• The post holder will work closely with the Bromley 0-19 Service Lead and will be responsible for operational management and clinical leadership with the School Nursing team.

Person Specification:

• Diploma or Degree in Nursing or Midwifery
• Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) BSc or PGDip in either Health Visiting or School Nursing
• Nurse prescriber
• Current NMC registration in Nursing or Midwifery

• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Practice Assessor training
• Member of relevant special interest groups

• Experience of clinical and operational risk assessment
• High level of knowledge of child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures
• Good knowledge and understanding of audits and clinical governance frameworks
• Experience of partnership and collaborative working
• Experience of line management and knowledge and experience of HR processes
• Good knowledge and understanding of data protection, IG and confidentiality
• Experience of writing policies and procedures
• Understanding of research and development
• Knowledge of national policies, legislation, NHS agenda etc. in relation to 0 -19 provision and School Nursing
• Experience of managing staff within a community nursing team
• Experience of health profiling

• Ability to autonomously manage a complex caseload
• Significant, current and relevant clinical skills
• Well developed analysis and judgement skills
• Excellent oral communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Able to work individually and as part of a team
• Ability to teach and supervise others effectively
• Ability to effectively manage own workload and appropriately prioritise and delegate to others
• Ability to prioritise and effectively manage competing demands

• Ability to use MS Office e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook
• Experience using an electronic patient record system e.g. EMIS
• If you are an IAO or IAA, to ensure you are aware of your responsibilities
• Be aware of and adhere to Information Governance responsibilities relevant to your role
• Experience using business intelligence dashboards to oversee KPI performance
• Knowledge of our business

Committed to our values, the 6 Cs, flexible and pro-active approach to meeting service & client needs, demonstrates compassion in practice, motivated, enthusiastic and innovative approach to work, calm and resilient with the ability to manage challenging situations and/or behaviour. Car driver with use of car, business class insurance will be required.

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.