Team Leader - Children's Community Complex Care Team - Stockport
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff.In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service).If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
Band 6 Team Leader- 37.5 hours
Our Complex Care Team is made up of:
The Children’s Continuing Care Team, which provides respite in the home and school setting for children with complex needs.
The Long Term Ventilation Team which provides packages of care in the home for children who require ventilation to assist their breathing.
Swanbourne Gardens which is a 4 bedded respite unit that provides overnight respite for children with complex needs.
As a team we strive to provide the children we support with a high standard of care.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Team Leader working within the team you would work across the 3 teams based out of Swanbourne Gardens - our unique 4 bedded respite unit. Alongside this you will be required to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in the child and families own home or in school / nursery.
Communication is an integral component of this role and communicating effectively and regularly with our teams and the parents and families is vital to ensure the effective management of our services and the provision of appropriate levels of support.
You will be at the forefront of teaching and assessing the competencies required for the staff to deliver day to day care for the children with complex health needs, this will include interventions such as care and management of tracheostomies, gastrostomies and ventilation support.
You will be expected to participate in the active management of the rota to ensure delivery of commissioned packages of care and the provision of supervision and appraisals for the all of teams and ensure all mandatory training is up to date.As a Band 6 we would expect you to role model the trusts value and behaviour framework when working within the team.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice 3033
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To carry out the nursing process for children with complex health needs in the community, including assessment, planning and implementing patient care.
To deputise for the Band 7 Community Complex Care Manager.
To line manage our teams including the management of sickness and absence and the completion of appraisals and provision of support to our wider teams.
To ensure all training and competencies are up to date for all staff to maintain the safe delivery of care.
To complete and update the rota for staffing and children for the provision of commissioned continuing care and long term ventilation packages and respite care.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Computer literacy
- Safeguarding Procedures
- Impact on child and family - disability/ complex need
- Awareness of continuing care framework and commissioning
Skills
Essential criteria- Effective time management / prioritise workload
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work effectively within the team and autonomously
- Ability to adapt and cope with change with a positive can do attitude
- Effective Communication written/verbal
- Motivated and enthusiastic
- Problem solving / decision maker
- Professional attitude
- Critical analysis skills
- Research skills
- Leadership skills
Experience
Essential criteria- Relevant clinical experience and knowledge Working with children with complex needs
- Supervision of junior staff
- Good organisational and planning skills
- Family centred approach to care
- Worked within the community setting
- Experience of change management
- Experience of convening and chairing meetings
Qualification
Essential criteria- RSCN/RN Child / LD
- Current NMC Registration
- Teaching and assessing certificate (Mentorship)
- Relevant Post Reg Experience (minimum 1 year)
- Degree/ CSP
Work Related Circumstances
Essential criteria- Flexability/Adaptability
- Access to a car
- Hold a full UK Driving License
- Ability to deal with potentially upsetting and distressing situations
Applicants are encouraged to read the documents attached to this vacancy before applying, including the job description and person specification and the information for applicants which includes useful information to assist you in completing your application.
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Please note that all correspondence will be via your NHS Jobs account. Unfortunately we are not able to acknowledge each application. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please consider that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.Please also note that Stockport NHS Foundation Trust are unable to refund Interview expenses or re-location costs.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce.Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.