Lead Nurse School Nursing & Looked After Children Services

The post holder will provide leadership to the School Nursing & Looked after Children Service, ensuring that WG targets are maintained in both the Public Health- Healthy Child Wales Programme - school aged children operating model recently launched and statutory looked after children health assessments. The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the service is managed efficiently and safely, strategically and operationally. The Lead Nurse has responsibility and accountability for School Nursing & LAC service to maintain professional standards and accountability. The Lead will work with the Deputy Head of Nursing and ensure budget and performance management of the services. Creating efficiencies where able and identify new and innovative ways of working. Working closely with National colleagues on an All Wales basis and also with Education partners to ensure succession planning and development., An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Swansea Bay UHB School Nursing & Looked after Children Service for the role of Lead Nurse for School Nursing & Looked after Children. The post holder will be a registered SCPHN School Nurse who is highly motivated to develop and innovate the School Nursing & LAC agenda in line with the Welsh Government 'A Framework for School Nursing, Healthy Child Wales programme and statutory responsibilities for Looked after Children . The post holder will lead on the professional agenda and will have excellent leadership, communication and decision-making skills, and will uphold the Values of Swansea Bay University Health Board of Caring for Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving whilst ensuring the service is delivered in line with children's rights. The post holder will be dynamic with excellent interpersonal skills and have experience of communicating with multiagency partners and key stakeholders. There is an
expectation for the Professional Lead to deliver on financial and performance targets set by the National Programme for School Nursing and Swansea Bay University Health Board., + Have overall responsibility and accountability for the management of nursing services within School Nursing & Looked After Children Services ensuring effective and efficient use of resources
+ Ensure the highest standard of nursing care is provided, monitored and evaluated within the clinical areas of responsibility.
+ Ensure both services comply with NMC rules and standards;
+ Actively contribute to the strategic development of both services to meet both the present and future provision in line with the Health Board and National Objectives.
+ Be responsible for authorising expenditure and accountable for expenditure within the allocated budgets for both services
+ Provide professional leadership, management and advice and take professional responsibility for the designated clinical areas and services, ensuring that all teams work collaboratively and deliver excellent care.
+ Provide professional advice to Children and Young People, carers' and colleagues;
+ Contribute to the promotion and maintenance of clinical benchmarking, sharing and development of best practice locally and nationally
+ Demonstrate clinical leadership and direction, enabling and supporting a culture of learning and effectiveness;
+ Participate in and chair key meetings and develop a communication network to cascade information to all areas within the specialties.
+ Provide Specialist, specialty specific information to the Head of Nursing and to other colleagues across the organisation and partner agencies
+ Develop policies/procedures in performance, risk management, recruitment and retention and health and safety;
+ Promote Clinical Governance to ensure the development of high quality services via performance management and audit
+ Deal with complaints, incidents and all relevant personnel issues. This will include chairing interview panels, carrying out PADRs, investigations and reporting of disciplinary issues as appropriate.
+ Actively contribute to the development of both services areas.
+ Carry out 'Manager Of The Day' and 'Bronze on call' duties in line with the Unit's related rota, policy and SOPs., Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English., We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further., Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Swansea Bay University Health Board reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff currently awaiting redeployment and we therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed.