Job summary
- Main area
- Public Health Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 846-6973361-EP-B
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Westcliff House
- Town
- Folkestone
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

District Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Are you an experienced Health Visitor?
Or already a manager and ready to take your career in a new direction?
We have a rare opportunity to welcome you as a District Manager with our Folkestone Health Visiting team. In this role you will lead and support colleagues to deliver the healthy child programme, you will collate monthly data reports to support governance, provide analysis of team data, undertake specific audits and support the supervision of practitioners ensuring best practice is adhered to while supporting the ongoing development and service transformation, we are a research active service and passionate about public health. The role requires a strong focus on physical visibility in the team but with room to work remotely at times. You will be supported by a friendly team of experienced operational managers, so if this is your first managerial role, help will be on hand.
Main duties of the job
What will the role involve?
- Responsible for the line management and development of district colleagues, ensuring that all have the appropriate competencies and up to date training to enable them to safely undertake their roles.
- Provide advice and guidance on and undertake a range of competent clinical and non-clinical interventions to support colleagues, the service and maintain clinical credibility.
- Work closely with the Family Partnership Programme Leads and Senior Practitioners to ensure that there is a continuous leadership presence within the district whilst retaining overall responsibility and accountability for performance.
- Lead, attend and contribute to team and service meetings.
- Building relationships with all stakeholders to enhance the team working environment and partnership working across the system
We also offer a generous NHS pension, annual leave entitlement and a competitive pay framework to progress through.
So, if your enthusiastic and enjoy working with families and up for a new challenge then we would love to hear from you!
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor
Desirable criteria
- Health related degree and evidence of relevant post graduate development at Level 6
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Working towards Master level study
Experience
Essential criteria
- minimum of 3 years of experience in a public health environment in area of practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of leading and managing teams Experience of developing policy and service development plans with practical experience of change management.
Desirable criteria
- Management or supervisory qualification / programme of study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Practical experience in managing health related projects/complex caseloads
Desirable criteria
- Supporting others (mentor / educator / supervisor ) experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance to relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Proven ability to develop effective partnerships to achieve practical outcomes across organisational boundaries including statutory organisations, external agencies, community and voluntary organisations
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continued relevant professional development and implementation in practice within the last 12 months
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively with a variety of people at all organisational levels across different sectors including areas of social deprivation. Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to individuals and groups
Skills
Essential criteria
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills Highly developed facilitation skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rhona Clover
- Job title
- Head of Operational Services Health Visiting
- Email address
- rhona.clover@nhs.net
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