Operational Manager/Professional lead 0-19 Public health service
Job Description
Job summary
Are you a dedicated and dynamic health visitor/School health nurse /team lead wanting to further your career in clinical and operational leadership and management in the 0-19 Public health services? If so, this job is for you.
We are looking for an experienced and motivated health visitor /school nurse with operational and clinical management experience to lead our outstanding newly integrated 0-19 Public health service in Oxfordshire.
You will be responsible for the management, coordination, and clinical leadership of the 0-19 CYP Public Health Service within the north of the county (4 localities) as well providing countywide professional leadership within a set discipline within the service (either health visiting or school nursing).
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under pressure at times. You will be a natural leader and a team player, who is committed to promoting excellent quality of care within a patient centred service. You will be able to foster strong relationships with clinical colleagues, partner agencies and drive through cultural change within the workforce where staff are empowered and encouraged to work to a continuous improvement model, ensuring good governance and processes for facilitating and agreeing changes.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with the senior clinical lead, other operational managers, and team leads you will strive to continually improve health outcomes, reduce inequalities, and safeguard children and young people in Oxfordshire through the provision of an evidenced based and needs led service. You will take a lead role in developing teams and services to ensure there is effective and high-quality delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19 years with an emphasis on integration of the Family Nurse Partnership, health visiting and school college nursing and partnership working and with other service leads across the children's community pathway and other agencies.
The successful candidate will ensure optimum performance in the following key areas:o service qualityo controls assuranceo clinical practiceo clinical governanceo compliance with all statutory regulations.
This role will be part of the relevant service management team on call rota and may involve working unsocial hours during evenings and at weekends as well as working in hours as service needs dictates to deliver direct clinical care within CYP 0-19 Public Health Service or to attend Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust meetings as required.
About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting or School Nursing), with entry onto the 3rd part of the NMC Register
- Professional/Managerial knowledge acquired through post graduate level study or equivalent operational experience
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Educated to Master's Level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of professional clinical leadership
- Demonstration of in-depth knowledge, understanding and experience of managing safeguarding processes and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas
- Evidence of previous implementation of change within services
- Experience of significant budget management
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary and partnership working to develop integrated service delivery against pathways
- Evidence of developing service provision in response to strategic priorities
- Evidence of developing and implementing service development plans
- Able to proactively lead and support through transformational leadership
Desirable
- Evidence of partnership working to develop integrated service delivery
- Experience of working within multi-agency to develop services and drive through change
- Evidence of ability to represent corporate views to partners and stakeholders
personal qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and experience of successful communication under challenging circumstances
- Evidence of ability to communicate effectively with range of service users, stakeholders, and practitioners
- Experience/evidence of excellent team working
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Orchard Health Centre
Cope Road
Banbury
OX16 2EZ
