Service Manager 0 – 19 Health Visiting and School Nursing Service
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
27/05/2020
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 14/06/2020 23:59
Salary:
£55,704 - £ 57,957 per annum
Job Category:
Social Care - Children Service
Employment Location:
Redcar & Cleveland
Further Information
Are you passionate about making a difference to children, young people and families in Redcar and Cleveland?
If you are a highly motivated, dynamic leader with substantial management experience then we would really like to hear from you. Due to the current post holder taking early retirement, we are seeking a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor or School Nursing), to be the strategic lead nurse for the 0 – 19 Health Visiting and School Nursing service, to ensure a high performing, cost effective service delivering the Healthy Child Programme.
The Health Visiting and School Nursing service in Redcar & Cleveland is exciting. We are unique as we sit as an integrated service with our colleagues in Education, Social Care and Early Help, working together with a joint focus on ensuring that all children and young people achieve optimum health outcomes and are able to access the right support they and their families require at the right time.
As the Service Manager, you will provide expert and dynamic leadership to a team of approximately 80 staff; you will be the lead with regards to all aspects of SCPHN practice. The service is registered with the Care Quality commission (CQC) and you will be required to undertake the role and responsibilities of CQC registered manager for the service and will also directly manage the Safeguarding Lead Nurse.
The 0 – 19 service sits within the Local Authority’s Directorate for Children and Families. You will report to the Assistant Director for Safeguarding and Early Help and will work with colleagues across the directorate to maximise all opportunities for integration of the 0 – 19 service.
If you are passionate about getting it right for children, young people and families in Redcar & Cleveland; want to be part of leading Health Visiting and School Nursing during a time when many exciting developments are being taken forward; and you are ready to develop your career and leadership experience, then this opportunity is for you.
You will be well supported as part of a strong senior leadership team that is committed to enabling all its staff to reach their potential whilst also maintaining an excellent work-life balance.
You will have access to up to date IT solutions to support you to do your job well, along with mobile technology to enable you to work flexibly from our various office bases, across the borough and from home.
In addition, we offer competitive employee benefits including:
• Cycle to work scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Up to six month’s sick pay on full salary – subject to service
• Up to 28 days paid annual leave, rising to up to 33 days after five years’ service, plus bank holidays (additional annual leave may be purchased on request via a salary sacrifice scheme)
• Flexible working scheme - we support a range of flexible working patterns, including requests for compressed hours
• On-going and developing programme of Health & Wellbeing initiatives.
• A wide range of family friendly policies and procedures
• Maternity/Adoption leave – Up to 52 weeks’ leave of absence, with pay for a specified period dependent upon length of service and personal choice.
• Maternity support/adoption leave – Up to 5 days’ paid leave as a partner/carer at the time of the birth or adoption
• Paternity leave – Up to two consecutive weeks leave after the birth of the child
• An employee benefits scheme enabling discounts on many products and services
Please join us in delivering our aspiration of giving children and young people within Redcar & Cleveland a flourishing future. So, what’s stopping you?
Please be advised that these positions require an enhanced check from the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Redcar and Cleveland is holds ambassador status for the North East Better Health at Work Award.
The Local Authority holds a pensions directives order and dependent upon the scheme you are in, there may be opportunities for you to remain with the NHS pension scheme.
For informal enquiries, please contact Linda Bulmer Assistant Director on 01642 771673 or for a discussion with the current post holder please telephone Susan Walton on 07966235675
Please note
This job is closed for applications.