Transformation and High Impact Area Lead 0-19

Are you a dynamic and forward thinking experienced health visitor, with a proven track record and passion for service improvement? Following the recent restructure of Lewisham Health Visiting Service and exciting new role has been created - the Transformation and High Impact Areas Lead role is a corner stone element of the 0-19 Leadership model.

The Transformation and High Impact Area Health Visitor Lead is a strategic role with a small clinical component, focused on developing and driving innovative evidence-based interventions to support the transformation of the 0-19 Public Health Nursing agenda. The post holder will implement transformation projects to improve child and family health outcomes in key areas. This involves integrating services with relevant stakeholders, supporting the Healthy Child Programme through best practices, inclusive leadership, and collaborative partnerships. The post holder will lead with transparency, authenticity, and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion principles, inspiring a multidisciplinary workforce and engaging communities to reduce health inequalities.

Workforce

Key Result Areas and Performance:

• Act as a role model, supervise, mentor and offer peer support to colleagues, junior staff and students in line with Trust Values and Behaviours.
• To share and develop good practice and promote evidence-based practice.
• Develop strategies to communicate new developments to staff and other colleagues actively.
• To line manage the team and develop the 0-19 public health nursing service ensuring that performance, appraisals and mandatory training is in accordance with Trust standards.
• To participate in the development and delivery of pre-registration and post-registration education effectively to deliver the Trust’s objectives.
• To ensure optimum liaison and co-ordination of care for patients between primary, community and secondary care.

To develop, influence and update policy, guidelines/protocols and integrated care pathways within the service and implement service improvement, while ensuring a high standard of care continues through ongoing review.

To provide expert clinical information and advice to patients, carers and GPs and staff through telephone advice lines / email, which is appropriate and responsive.

Act as lead investigator to selected clinical incidents and provide reports to a high standard.

Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Suzy Pitt Job title: Interim AGM 0 - 19 Public Health Nursing and CLA Email address: suzy.pitt@nhs.net Telephone number: 07500783849

An informal conversation is highly recommend, please contact Suzy Pitt on the details above,