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Job overview

You will need to support the Operational Lead for School Health Service with the day-to-day line management of School Nursing team in collaboration with other School Nurse Team Leaders to ensure the delivery of a safe, effective School Health service. You will be responsible for the day to day management of a defined group of staff and for delivery of the School Nursing service providing expert information, assessments and interventions for children, young people and families including families with complex needs.

You will lead and manage a School Nursing team or teams within the locality planning area and ensure the delivery of safe, effective school health service. 

You will be responsible for the day to day management of a defined group of staff and for delivery of the school nursing service providing expert information, assessments and interventions for children, young people and families with complex needs. 

If you think you have the right skills for this job we would love for you to apply.

As an added incentive, there's an extra recruitment and retention bonus of £2,000, distributed in two instalments during the initial year.

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Main duties of the job

You will be working within a primary school nursing locality, this role requires you to be able to work in other sites within and across the Trust. You will need to be able to travel within, and able to arrive for the start of the working day within these sites. This requirement will be driven by the needs of the service. 

To support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. 

To support and assist child development workers as required. 

To participate in the development of skill mix within the School Nursing Service to participate in the health education programmes and health promotion activities on a multidisciplinary basis as agreed with the team. 

To lead and monitor the quality and performance and capacity of the identified team and work with School Nurse (SN) operational lead to identify and address risks, escalating as required. 

To facilitate and develop locality working groups within best practice  standards. 

To facilitate School Nursing population profiling to inform locality developments if requested. 

To actively work with colleagues to develop a cohesive, integrated locality team. 

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.

If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that’s making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you’re looking for