Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Team Leader Continuing Care Schools
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Band 6 Team Leader - 35 hours per week Term Time Only
This role will involve providing professional and clinical leadership to the special school nursing staff, ensuring that they are engaged with and adhering to local policies, guidelines, and expectations. This is in addition to acting as a first line manager to members of the special school nursing team and engaging with them to deliver a high standard of care.
The Continuing Care Schools Team is made up of the Team Leader position alongside two registered nurses and a team of Band 3 Children's Support Workers.
The Continuing Care Schools Team is an integral part of our wider Children's Complex Care Service which also includes the Long Term Ventilation, Continuing Care, and Swanbourne Gardens Respite Service. As a team we strive to provide the children we support with high standards of care.
Responsibilities
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic specialist nursing care in conjunction with the child / young person / family and carers.
- Ensure that nursing care is safe, effective, and caring and is consistent with clinical guidelines.
- To act as a source of specialist advice for children, young people, and families in relation to their condition.
- Provide specific specialist education and training programmes and use information packages for children, young people, families, and lay carers, facilitating the development of self-care skills and knowledge.
- To work with the multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement plans of care to enable children / young people to be cared for in the community.
- To follow Safeguarding Children policies and guidelines and participate in monitoring and interventions to meet the needs of children and young people.
- To conduct health assessments and develop child specific health plans ensuring that children with special medical/nursing/health needs have their needs met within the school setting to reach their full potential in school. This will include delivery of clinical procedures.
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About Us
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.
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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.
Benefits
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
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Leanne Mulholland
- Job Title: Lead Nurse for Paediatric and Neonatal Services
- Email Address: leanne.mulholland@stockport.nhs.uk
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