Health Visitor Team Leader

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The purpose of Public Health is to improve health and social wellbeing through taking a population wide perspective for Public Health improvement, focusing on tackling inequalities. This is achieved through the responsibility of working with individuals/families/groups/partner agencies to identify health needs, raise awareness of health and social wellbeing and through enabling/empowering people to improve their own health.

Within the Health Visiting function of this role the postholder will be accountable for a caseload, a clinical expert, provide Public Health expertise, and be a key member of the integrated Primary Care team and other multi-disciplinary groups as required.

The team leader role within this post encompasses leadership and management of the practice attached/aligned community nursing team and other nursing staff groups, where applicable, linking into the management structure of the locality.

To provide effective leadership, professional and operational management, expert clinical and professional supervision and support for Health Visitor/ Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) and staff within the HV team, for ex, caseload management, child protection support/advice and management, professional practice, child development, maternal health, infant feeding and infant mental health.

As a Registered Health Visitor/SCPHN required to be accountable for the effective and efficient professional and operational management of the implementation and delivery of the full Universal Pathway by Health Visitors/Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN).

In This Key Role, You Will

Public Health/Health Visiting Process

• Assess and identify vulnerability within individual/family/community needs and, with them, plan, implement and evaluate programmes for health improvement which are evidence based and make full use of all resources using a multi­ disciplinary/multi-agency approach, in partnership where appropriate, to improve the health of the population through delivery of local Health Plan.
• Influence policies/plans affecting health and promote effective health improvement in Primary Care and local communities.
  
  

Professional

• Be fully compliant with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other relevant guidance documents, which support and maintain standards of professional practice for nurses and midwives.
• Effectively deliver Health Visiting practice and duties as detailed in relevant NHS Lanarkshire/local programmes, e.g. Child Health Surveillance, Immunisation, Perinatal Mental Health guidance, Breast Feeding promotion, etc., and undertake responsibilities in respect of Child Protection as detailed in local Child Protection guidelines.
  
  

Education/Research

Ensure Evidence Based Excellence In Care Delivery Through

• Lead the wider community team within the Clinical Governance process in all areas of nursing practice, ensuring involvement in clinical supervision, audit/research and compliance with professional standards and including the involvement of users/carers, to ensure continuous practice improvement.
• Accessing, appraising and critically applying the evidence base to meet individual/population needs using national guidelines and standards, and employing appropriate risk assessment tools to identify actual and potential risk and implement appropriate interventions.
  
  

Management/Leadership

• The Team Leader will be responsible for the management of the Community Nursing team including e.g. Human Resource functions, Health & Safety, staff deployment/development etc.
• Provide clinical leadership to the wider nursing/multi-disciplinary team and contribute to Practice Development planning and the Health Improvement agenda.
  
  

What You'll Bring

• Registered Nurse with demonstrable post registration experience
• Registered Health Visitor/ Specialist Practitioner Qualification in Public Health Nursing
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level
• Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
  
  

What We Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.
  
  

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
  
  

For informal discussion, please contact Stacey Anderson, Service Support Project manager on Stacey.Anderson3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Marion Bisset Recruitment Administrator on marion.bisset@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk