Team Leader (Care)NHS

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic clinical leader with a passion to making a difference to the lives of children with life limited conditions. In this role you will be a key part of the hospice care leadership team ensuring that care standards are high, care delivery is responsive and reflects the model of hospice, that families are engaged, and the team is well led and supported.

Main duties of the job

As Team Leader Care (TL) you will work as part of the care leadership team. Working under the Senior Care Team Leaders (STL) you will provide direct care and leadership to members of the team, overseeing the delivery of safe, high quality care to the children and their families. You will also provide direct line management to a named group of staff and a caseload of children and their families.

Job description

To ensure the care provided to children and families is highly personalised and of the highest quality.

To lead a team of up to 10 care staff - with full line management for some, as required and identified by the Head of Care. These staff should be supported to develop their full potential including line management / buddy skills.

As part of the Care Team Leaders group attend management meetings working as a leadership team to address hospice wide issues and projects.

To support the Head of care in the management of the care budget at the hospice, ensuring a cost-effective service delivery and that spending lies within the agreed budget.

To ensure that the ethos and quality standards of CHSW are positively promoted and a safe and professional service is delivered at all times.

To recognise the challenges of working within a palliative care setting and ensure a sensitive and individualised approach is applied to the support and pastoral care of the Care Team.

To promote good communication and to ensure effective mechanisms are in place for disseminating information.

To represent and promote CHSW and the philosophy of childrens hospice care beyond the establishment.

CHSW expects of its employees the highest standards of behaviour in carrying out their duties and responsibilities, which are in accordance with legislative requirements. CHSW employees are expected to act fairly and with consideration, treating others as we would wish to be treated ourselves and uphold CHSWs values and behaviours at all times.

About us

An established and successful charity, Childrens Hospice South West (CHSW) provides hospice care for children with life limiting conditions and their families in the South West of England. CHSW has three hospices Little Bridge House in North Devon, Charlton Farm in North Somerset and Little Harbour in Cornwall. CHSW delivers services to children and their families who have a palliative care need and meet the agreed referral criteria. The CHSW ethos is support the whole family making the most of short and precious lives and our current delivery model includes care wherever the child is when they need it most including care at the hospice base, at home and virtual support.