Health Visiting Service Locality Manager

As a Locality Manager you will manage skills mix Health Visiting team, whilst working closely with Keywork and Community staff so you will require a sound knowledge of public health, safeguarding and working with complex families. We will offer you a high level of management support and you will work closely with your Locality, Practice and Community Support Manager colleagues and Operations Manager to further develop the integrated services. You will need an appropriate professional qualification and significant experience of working with children and families. You will provide and receive high quality regular supervision in line with the ESHT and ESCC Early Help policies and procedures., East Sussex County Council in partnership with East Sussex Healthcare Trust is one of 75 Local Authorities to have been awarded government funding to establish a Start for Life Strategy and Family Hubs Programme for children aged 0 - 19.
This funding will allow us to develop services to give babies, children and their families the very best start in life with a focus on Parent Infant Relationships, Infant Feeding, supporting Children with Additional Needs and Parenting Strategies. This is a great opportunity to extend our reach into the communities of East Sussex and we invite you to join us by applying for one of the various roles we have to offer as detailed below. We can offer career progression right through to leadership roles at 8a.
+ A market supplement for all qualified nurses working in health visiting teams at Band 6 and above. The market supplement will be provided via a monthly payment, equivalent to 10% of your salary for a period of 1 year from Sep 2022 -Aug 2023 with opportunity for review.
+ The opportunity to work closely with specialist services, keyworkers and other partners supporting your families; signposting and referring to services based on the unique needs of the families you work with, such as Toddler Talk, parenting courses, baby groups, volunteering, life skills. You will be able to continue to develop your knowledge of safeguarding children, recognising concerns and how to escalate them appropriately, providing preventative and educative support for families.
+ You will be working as part of an integrated NHS-County Council team with access to good quality resources and training, development opportunities via delivery of clinical supervision and champion roles and involvement in service development and quality improvement via working groups and audit., + The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.
Our mission is to:
+ Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.
Our strategic objectives are to:
+ Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
+ Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients' experiences.
+ Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.
Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:
+ Safe
+ Effective
+ Caring
+ Responsive and
+ Well led

We are looking for a highly motivated Health Visiting Locality Managers to join our leadership team which consists of both ESCC and ESHT managers. Your role will be to support, motivate and inspire the skills mix team which consists of administrators, Community Nursery Nurses, Community Staff Nurses, Health Visitors and Practice Educators to deliver a high quality Healthy Child Programme.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 7,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people's own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated 'Outstanding' and Eastbourne DGH was rated 'Good' Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
In the summer of 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' (BFF) programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to redevelop and expand our hospitals at Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come., We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 700000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.