Lead Nurse School Nursing & Looked After Children Services Internal in Swansea

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY SWANSEA BAY HEALTH BOARD.

The post holder will provide leadership to the School Nursing & Looked after Children Service, ensuring that WG targets are maintained in both the Public Health- Healthy Child Wales Programme - school aged children operating model and statutory looked after children health assessments. The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the service is managed efficiently and safely, strategically and operationally. The Lead Nurse has responsibility and accountability for School Nursing & LAC service to maintain professional standards and accountability.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will be a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing who is highly motivated to develop and innovate the School Nursing & LAC agenda in line with the Welsh Government 'A Framework for School Nursing, Healthy Child Wales programme and statutory responsibilities for Looked after Children.
• The post holder will lead on the professional agenda and will have excellent leadership, communication and decision-making skills, and will uphold the Values of Swansea Bay University Health Board of Caring for Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving whilst ensuring the service is delivered in line with children's rights.
• The post holder will be dynamic with excellent interpersonal skills and have experience of communicating with multiagency partners and key stakeholders.

Working for our organisation:

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board. As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Have overall responsibility and accountability for the management of nursing services within School Nursing & Looked After Children Services ensuring effective and efficient use of resources.
• Ensure the highest standard of nursing care is provided, monitored and evaluated within the clinical areas of responsibility.
• Ensure both services comply with NMC rules and standards.
• Actively contribute to the strategic development of both services to meet both the present and future provision in line with the Health Board and National Objectives.
• Be responsible for authorising expenditure and accountable for expenditure within the allocated budgets for both services.
• Provide professional leadership, management and advice and take professional responsibility for the designated clinical areas and services, ensuring that all teams work collaboratively and deliver excellent care.
• Provide professional advice to Children and Young People, carers’ and colleagues.
• Contribute to the promotion and maintenance of clinical benchmarking, sharing and development of best practice locally and nationally.
• Demonstrate clinical leadership and direction, enabling and supporting a culture of learning and effectiveness.
• Participate in and chair key meetings and develop a communication network to cascade information to all areas within the specialties.
• Provide Specialist, specialty specific information to the Deputy Head of Nursing and to other colleagues across the organisation and partner agencies.
• Develop policies/procedures in performance, risk management, recruitment and retention and health and safety.
• Promote Clinical Governance to ensure the development of high quality services via performance management and audit.
• Deal with complaints, incidents and all relevant personnel issues. This will include chairing interview panels, carrying out PADRs, investigations and reporting of disciplinary issues as appropriate.
• Actively contribute to the development of both services areas.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential criteria: Registered Nurse Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - School Nursing, Educated to Degree level.
• Desirable criteria: Master’s Degree, Silver IQT.

Experience:

• Essential criteria: Significant experience at Band 7 or above. Experience of leading a team at Band 7 or equivalent. Extensive knowledge of national policy, standards and frameworks. Knowledge and understanding of current professional nursing issues. Evidence of significant multi-disciplinary working. Substantial post registration experience including clinical leadership, team management and have a reputation for professional innovation and excellence.
• Desirable criteria: Experience of working within health and social service systems, both at local and strategic level.

Skills:

• Essential criteria: Leadership, negotiation and consultation skills. Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills. Effective communication and presentation skills to all levels of staff. Ability to motivate and promote team working. Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Applicant requirements:

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. Welsh language skills are desirable.