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Job summary

Main area
Paediatrics
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: full shift pattern
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
362-A-24-6733749
Employer
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Swanbourne Gardens
Town
Stockport
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/11/2024 23:59

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Team Leader - Children's Community Complex Care Team

Band 6

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 at Swanbourne Gardens- our unique 4 bedded respite unit.  Alongside this you may be required to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in the child and families own home or in school / nursery. You would 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 would be expected to provide supervision and appraisals for the junior staff 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 complex children in the community. Including assessment, planning and implementing patient care.

To deputise for the Band 7 Deputy Matron based at Swanbourne Gardens.

To line manage junior staff.

To ensure all competencies are up to date for all staff to maintain safe delivery of care.

To complete the rota for staffing and children attending Swanbourne Gardens to ensure all commissioned packages are met.

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 £41.90. 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 £13.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Computer literacy
  • Safeguarding Procedures
  • Impact on child and family - disability/ complex need
Desirable criteria
  • 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
Desirable criteria
  • 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
Desirable criteria
  • 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
Desirable criteria
  • 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
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to deal with potentially upsetting and distressing situations

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldAccredited Menopause Friendly Employer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Rodgers
Job title
Community Complex Care Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 835 6140