Team Leader - Children and Young Complex Care

Overview

This is an opportunity to be part of a dedicated team providing exceptional care to children and families across the city. In this role, you will lead and attend to the diverse health needs of children in Manchester, including those facing end-of-life challenges and with complex conditions. You will work with the Head of Service to apply your clinical expertise to impact patient outcomes, with day-to-day leadership and management responsibility for a dedicated children’s service and a designated paediatric caseload.

You will operate as an autonomous clinician in a defined area to develop and provide expert clinical advice, support and care to a defined group of patients.

• Oversee and undertake completion of children’s continuing care assessments and collaborate with commissioners to offer appropriate care provision.
• Monitor and review the implementation of treatment plans, making changes within agreed protocols, pathways or models for clinical effectiveness.
• Empower children and young people and their families/carers through appropriate support and education.
• Establish and maintain communication networks within primary, secondary and tertiary care settings to ensure multi-disciplinary and multi-agency training programmes.
• Participate in induction and orientation programmes for newly appointed staff.
• Maintain and develop expert knowledge and clinical skills relating to children’s complex care through relevant training and development.
• Maintain high standards of professional practice and competence in line with the NMC Code.
• Engage in personal development planning with the line manager and facilitate individual and team objectives.
• Participate in leadership activities and contribute to the leadership of self and the team in line with the Trust Supervision Policy to improve quality of care.
• Educate, manage, support and mentor groups and individuals on best practice in relation to children’s complex care.
• Provide advanced clinical knowledge within your scope of practice to other professionals.
• Contribute to professional and policy-making activities that impact the development of clinical practice.
• Lead and manage the children’s community complex care service; delegate patient care to appropriate staff to provide a safe and effective service.
• Participate in and contribute to leadership and management responsibilities in the absence of other team leaders and/or Head of Service.
• Take a lead role in evaluating clinical practice to identify and implement changes to continuously improve standards of clinical care.
• Contribute to the development of the children’s community nursing team.

Join MFT, a 30,000+ strong team delivering care to over 1 million people each year. As the largest provider of specialist services, we operate from the Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, a leading health and academic campus in Europe. We are committed to clinical excellence, innovation and continuous improvement. Our Hive Electronic Patient Record system enables safer, smarter, and more efficient ways of working to improve patient outcomes.

You will work within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary community with professionals from diverse clinical backgrounds who share knowledge and strive to transform lives. We offer clear clinical pathways for professional development to help you grow your skills and achieve your ambitions.

You will be part of a supportive environment where your contribution matters. The role provides opportunities for professional development and a pathway to advance your career in pediatric complex care. For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name:
Soraya Begum

Job title:

Head of Service - complex
Email:
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