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Trosolwg o'r swydd

The Special School Nursing Service (CYP Team Lead post is a new leadership role based within the Children and Young People’s Community Nursing Service (CYPCN) in Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT). Leadership is focused on the clinical, public health and learning disability nursing of children and young people (CYP) in special school settings. This involves working closely with families and school staff, as well as undertaking operational performance review of the service.

The Team Lead will be responsible for leading the Special School Nursing service operating in identified Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) schools in the West Sussex  and Brighton and Hove area. They will ensure a standardised, equitable service is delivered across the locality, acknowledging differing caseload complexities. They will contribute to the development of the Sussex countywide CYPCN Service together with other senior nurses, ensuring policy and practice is developed and delivered in line with Trust and national best practice standards.

The Team Lead will have an approximate 75% operational: 25% clinical delivery role; a key element of this role is in performance management for the delivery of the SSN service, including the responsibility for day-to-day line management of the SSN team, including authorising leave and travel expenses. This role will include providing clinical delivery of care in a West Sussex and Brighton and Hove Special School.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

·       Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead and Practice Development Nurses to support and direct the team

·       Provide day-to-day operational leadership for the team.

·       Manage a small caseload of CYP attending Special School’s in an identified locality.

·       Lead and manage the delivery of quality nursing care, support, information, and advice and ensuring that appropriate resources are available to provide care for CYP whom access the identified SEND schools in West Sussex and Brighton and Hove.

·       Support and educate staff offering direction and leadership surrounding delivery of nursing care for the SSN caseload and continual professional development.

·       Maintain excellent communication channels with service stakeholders. Engaging in flexible, cross boundary partnership working including the CYP and family/carer, to develop seamless service provision and deliver safe quality care.

·       Staff may be required to work anywhere in West Sussex and Brighton and Hove to meet the needs of the commissioned service. 

·       This is a new and evolving SSN role. This job description may change with development of the post and in agreement with the post holder.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities 
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff