CYPS Immunisation Team Lead - NHS - ref. p0062323
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At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Team Leader to join our existing Immunisation Team. This leadership role requires a motivated professional with excellent communication skills. They will support service change and development to ensure a robust service that will deliver the countywide BCG Programme and School Aged Immunisation Programmes.You will work closely alongside the Head of School Aged Immunisations to develop and improve the Immunisation Service.
The person we are looking for should be someone who has the innovation and vision to support the fast changing programmes. You will need to be able to share this vision and support the Immunisation Team delivering these programmes whilst undertaking team leader duties in relation to managing staff and developing and enhancing our School Aged Immunisation Service to ensure we have a safe and effective delivery model.
You will be providing supervision and teaching the staff, assessing risk and ensuring the safety of the young people and employees.
We are looking for applicants who can work flexibly to meet the needs of the Service, this will include the requirement to be able to work the occasional evening and weekend.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this post is to support the Head of School Aged Immunisations in managing to deliver the Commissioned BCG Programme and School Aged Immunisation Programmes seamlessly to children and young people in the 0-19 age range, and their families.
This will include assisting and supporting in all day-to-day management of a group of staff, including clinical professionals and support staff, partnership working and liaising with other organisations.
This will also include personnel, financial and information management, as well as day to day co-ordination of the service to ensure continuity and the most effective use of resources to meet the needs of the countywide service.- The post holder will work in collaboration with the Head of School Aged Immunisations to ensure alignment of professional priorities with the organisational priorities and core business
- Deliver operational management for the Immunisation Team assuming continuous responsibility for appropriate allocation of workload and effectively manage the team through supervision processes
- Provide strong professional leadership
- Ensure effective performance management of the Team
- To act as an exemplary role model providing the highest standards of evidence based clinical practice, promoting and monitoring safe and effective practice
Working for our organisation
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be responsible for the leadership of the Immunisation Team working in conjunction with the wider operational team
To be professionally accountable for the work delegated to other members of the team and be responsible for supervising their practice. To review, appraise and provide clinical supervision, performance management, professional conduct, grievance and disciplinary management, recruitment and selection with support from Head of School Aged Immunisations.
The post holder will have a clinical responsibility for the Immunisation Team acting as a resource for the Immunisation Team when required for all school aged programmes and the countywide BCG programmeThe post holder will provide countywide clinical professional leadership and expertise, providing specific advice including safeguarding and direct clinical decision making (patient and service specific) on all relevant matters to ensure high quality of services provided
To analyse and ensure the delivery of operationally efficient and effective services through demand and capacity management and effective clinical triage.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria- Active Registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) on Part 1 or 2 of Register
- ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing/FLAP in absence of degree
- Post graduate qualification e.g. Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCHPHN) Health Visiting or School Nursing
- Leadership and Management qualification
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria- Considerable experience of working with children
- Experience of a leadership role within a community team/setting
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria- Must demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of Public Health England’s Immunisation Programmes
- Experience of change management and able to demonstrate the ability to manage change effectively
- Evidence of continued and relevant CPD
- The ability to present to large groups
- Evidence of involvement in leadership
- Experience of developing and implementing polices / guidelines
- Evidence of collaborative working with stakeholders
- Evidence of collaborative working and joint planning across multiagency boundaries
PERSONAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria- Excellent oral, written, communication and presentation skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Demonstrate effective leadership skills and possesses a level of resilience that will ensure the team are supported to manage frequent change within the working environment
- Must be able to motivate and influence others
- Must have good interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish good working relationships and to remain calm and logical when faced with conflict and frustration
- Passion and enthusiasm to continually develop and improve service provision
- Ability to communicate highly complex, sensitive information and gain agreement and cooperation
- Ability to develop and lead others
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential criteria- Frequent driving to schools/clinics throughout the county
- Frequent carrying of bulky/heavy equipment e.g. rucksacks, sharps bins, vaccine boxes
- The ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service with the requirement for the occasional evening and weekend working
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
- Free car parking at many of our sites
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
- A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
- Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
- Recognition and long service awards
- Fast Track physiotherapy
- Our Wellbeing line
- Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.