SCPHN Team Leader

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - SCPHN Team Leader to lead and inspire a skill-mixed public health nursing team delivering the 019 Public Health Nursing Service.

As a Registered Nurse or Midwife with postgraduate SCPHN qualification, you will bring substantial experience to manage, co-ordinate and supervise a diverse team of specialist, registered and support staff. You will ensure the safe, effective delivery of key national programmes, including the Healthy Child Programme, safeguarding responsibilities, and wider public health priorities.

You will apply expert knowledge of local and national policies to respond to the needs of your community, using professional judgement to adapt frameworks into practical, effective solutions. A key part of the role is shaping service development, providing feedback on existing processes and contributing to continuous improvement.

Working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, you will offer specialist advice and professional guidance, lead service delivery, and drive improvements that make a meaningful difference to children, young people and families., The 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service is changing its Case Management system in the coming months; therefore a proportion of this Team Leader Role will be to support the implementation of the new Case Management system. To provide clinical oversight of the Case Management system the successful candidate will have experience of using digital clinical systems within a public health or community setting, alongside a strong understanding of information governance, data quality, and safeguarding documentation. You will bring experience of leading or supporting service change, with the ability to embed new ways of working, support staff to confidently use the system, and ensure it enables safe, effective, and responsive care for children, young people and families.

You will be expected to evidence Continuous Professional Development and have a desire to progress and learn.

You will understand the need for change and have a flexible, positive approach to work., You must be fluent in the English language as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act for the effective performance of a customer-facing role.

The ability to travel throughout the Borough will be required and access to a car.

We are not considering applications where there is a requirement to sponsor a work visa for successful applicants.

You will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Swindon Borough Council are on an exciting journey to transform service delivery. We want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision in the new Swindon Plan is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because thats who were doing it for the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, youll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. Its all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.