Health Visiting Service Locality Manager

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We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

Our extensive health services are provided by over 7,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated 'Outstanding' and Eastbourne DGH was rated 'Good' Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

In the summer of 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' (BFF) programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to redevelop and expand our hospitals at Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to over half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £650 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being Caring and Effective. Conquest Hospital and our Community Services were rated 'Outstanding' and Eastbourne DGH was rated 'Good'.

Our two acute hospitals have emergency departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services. Our centre for trauma services and obstetrics is at Conquest Hospital, while our centre for urology and stroke services is at Eastbourne DGH. At Bexhill Hospital we offer a range of outpatient, day surgery, rehabilitation and intermediate care services. At Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital we offer outpatients, rehabilitation and intermediate services. At Uckfield Community Hospital we provide day surgery and outpatient care.

In the community, we deliver services that focus on people with long term conditions living well outside hospital, through our integrated locality teams working with district and community nursing teams. Community members of staff also provide care to patients in their homes and from a number of clinics, health centres and GP surgeries.

Job overview

We have new and exciting opportunities to join our dynamic, committed and integrated Early Help Service.

We are looking for a highly motivated Health Visiting Locality Managers to join our leadership team which consists of both ESCC and ESHT managers. Your role will be to support, motivate and inspire the skills mix team which consists of administrators, Community Nursery Nurses, Community Staff Nurses, Health Visitors and Practice Educators to deliver a high quality Healthy Child Programme.

Vacancy sites:

• Locality Manager 30 hrs for Havens Health Visiting Team

For more information about our teams and why you should join us click here - Health visiting in East Sussex

Interviews dates TBC

Main duties of the job

As a Locality Manager you will manage skills mix Health Visiting team, whilst working closely with Keywork and Community staff so you will require a sound knowledge of public health, safeguarding and working with complex families. We will offer you a high level of management support and you will work closely with your Locality, Practice and Community Support Manager colleagues and Operations Manager to further develop the integrated services. You will need an appropriate professional qualification and significant experience of working with children and families. You will provide and receive high quality regular supervision in line with the ESHT and ESCC Early Help policies and procedures.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 700000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

East Sussex County Council in partnership with East Sussex Healthcare Trust is one of 75 Local Authorities to have been awarded government funding to establish a Start for Life Strategy and Family Hubs Programme for children aged 0 - 19.

This funding will allow us to develop services to give babies, children and their families the very best start in life with a focus on Parent Infant Relationships, Infant Feeding, supporting Children with Additional Needs and Parenting Strategies. This is a great opportunity to extend our reach into the communities of East Sussex and we invite you to join us by applying for one of the various roles we have to offer as detailed below. We can offer career progression right through to leadership roles at 8a.

• A market supplement for all qualified nurses working in health visiting teams at Band 6 and above. The market supplement will be provided via a monthly payment, equivalent to 10% of your salary for a period of 1 year from Sep 2022 -Aug 2023 with opportunity for review.
• The opportunity to work closely with specialist services, keyworkers and other partners supporting your families; signposting and referring to services based on the unique needs of the families you work with, such as Toddler Talk, parenting courses, baby groups, volunteering, life skills. You will be able to continue to develop your knowledge of safeguarding children, recognising concerns and how to escalate them appropriately, providing preventative and educative support for families.
• You will be working as part of an integrated NHS-County Council team with access to good quality resources and training, development opportunities via delivery of clinical supervision and champion roles and involvement in service development and quality improvement via working groups and audit.

Person specification

Key Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to inspire, motivate, influence and direct the work of others and the ability to both think strategically and attend to operational detail.
• Demonstrable ability to recognise, understand and take account of different agency cultures in establishing effective multi agency partnerships.
• The ability to assess, understand and manage risk appropriately and support front line staff who undertake case work with vulnerable children.
• The ability to interpret and analyse information to evaluate performance against agreed targets and desired outcomes.
• Ability to deal with challenging situations with tact and diplomacy

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Appropriate professional registration to degree level e.g. Social Worker or Health Visitor or equivalent qualification in a relevant area
• Significant experience of managing safeguarding services within 0-5 provision.

Desirable criteria

• Professional healthcare qualification, with current registration or qualified Social Worker
• Relevant masters degree

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Working knowledge of structure, functions, culture and values of NHS and/or CSD and relationship with other agencies.
• In depth knowledge of relevant statutory legislation, responsibilities and frameworks for the services managed

Desirable criteria

• Enhanced skills in a clinical or relevant professional specialism.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience as a band 6 HV or in leading the delivery of family support services
• Experience of taking a lead role in safeguarding and making decisions autonomously when necessary.
• Experience of maintaining appropriate records that can be requested as part of court proceedings where cases escalate.
• Experience of liaising and working in partnership with other agencies to support children and families.

Desirable criteria

• Relevant experience in a similar role in NHS / CSD
• Experience of undertaking service improvement audit
• Project management
• Experience of supervising and / or working with complex families who have had, or currently have, social care involvement and providing alternative strategies to facilitate change in families.

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

• A commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• Ability to make decisions when dealing with constant and conflicting demands on time
• Logical, innovative, decisive, change orientated, team worker
• Provide leadership and promote a collaborative multi agency working environment

Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Our vision is to be:

• The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.

Our mission is to:

• Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.

Our strategic objectives are to:

• Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
• Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients' experiences.
• Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.

Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:

• Safe
• Effective
• Caring
• Responsive and
• Well led

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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

• Locality Manager: Early Help 0 - 19 (PDF, 184.4KB)
• Guidance for Applicants - AFC (PDF, 152.4KB)