Lead Nurse School Nursing & Looked After Children Services

The post holder will: 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 Units related rota, policy and SOPs.