# Community Nurse Team Leader - North Locality > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nurse-team-leader-north-locality/05993b6c-16cc-46a1-b133-e212d8af6062 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nurse-team-leader-north-locality/05993b6c-16cc-46a1-b133-e212d8af6062.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** North Locality - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: North Locality - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-06T10:10:50.585Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/North_Locality/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Services/Community_Services-v8196158 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 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 37.5hrs per week over 5 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. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Leadership skills; ability to plan and organise own and others work - Experience managing complex patients - Staff management **Desirable** - Previous District Nursing experience ### Qulaifications **Essential** - Degree level educated - Registered General Nurse Adult **Desirable** - Evidence of level 7 academic study - Frailty Module - Leadership Module/experience ### PErsonal Qulaities **Essential** - Ability to develop and sustain relationships with partner organisations and the public - Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10501460) - [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.