Community Nurse Team Leader - North East Locality

Job overview

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse ready to lead a dynamic team in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in the community? We are seeking a motivated and visionary Team Leader for our North East District Nursing Team.

This pivotal role combines expert clinical practice with strategic leadership. You will be responsible for the holistic assessment and treatment of complex patients, delivering evidence-based care in diverse settings including patients’ homes. You’ll lead efforts to reduce hospital admissions and facilitate timely discharges, promoting independence and wellbeing.

As Team Leader, you’ll manage and develop a skilled team, ensuring safe caseload allocation and fostering a culture of learning and support. You’ll mentor students, supervise staff, and champion service development.

You’ll be the face of the team building strong relationships, influencing service pathways, and contributing to audits, recruitment, and quality improvement initiatives. Your leadership will embody the 6Cs of nursing, promoting compassionate, value-based care.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and lead with purpose, we’d love to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of community nursing in Oxfordshire.

A minimum of 30hrs per week over 4 days may be considered for the right candidate. Cross locality working and flexibility is required for this role. Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work.

Main duties of the job

• Provide strong clinical leadership and management of the team
• Accountable for the management, development, and supervision of identified staff within the community team
• Overall accountability and responsibility for the named district nursing team
• Clinical holistic assessment and treatment of complex patients
• Work in partnership to reduce hospital admission and facilitate discharge
• Promote optimal levels of independence and wellbeing for patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.