# Community Nurse Team Leader > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nurse-team-leader/dc990d4f-c291-4e1e-b359-d00d8c222b69 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nurse-team-leader/dc990d4f-c291-4e1e-b359-d00d8c222b69.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Torquay - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Out of hours - **Employment type:** Part time - 22 hours per week (Operating between the hours of 19:00 – 07:00, 7 days a week Contract type) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-21T12:57:42.797Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Devon/Plainmoor_Torquay/Torbay_South_Devon_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Out_Hours_Nurse_Team/Out_Hours_Nurse_Team-v7950304 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7950304?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Looking for an experienced registered Nurse to join the Out of Hours community Nursing team. Delivering high standards of holistic care to our patients across the Torbay and South Devon catchment area at night, preventing hospital admissions and aiding safe discharges. The B6 will be in charge of the shift and team on, allocating and prioritising workload. Managerial and supervision aspects of the job role, supporting the B7 lead. We have pool cars to drive, as we cover a large area. ### Main duties of the job - To communicate formally and informally with the zone DN Team Leader, to ensure best practice and consistency with the community and intermediate care service in Torbay Care Trust - To communicate fully and in depth with the multidisciplinary team discussing patient treatment options and progress - To communicate and liaise effectively with the integrated health and social care team, voluntary agencies, secondary care, G.P.’s, carers and relatives - To use set transfer and discharge protocols - To complete regular supervision sessions, both individual and group. - Working across the Intermediate care and community nursing teams to provide crisis response nursing interventions, assessment, liaison, referral, co-ordination, delegation of care, or placement to prevent hospital admissions.  Aiding hospital discharges to ensure patient safety and providing specialist clinical advice to the multi-disciplinary team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification. #caretojoinus Why work with us ## Job Details Looking for an experienced registered Nurse to join the Out of Hours community Nursing team. Delivering high standards of holistic care to our patients across the Torbay and South Devon catchment area at night, preventing hospital admissions and aiding safe discharges. The B6 will be in charge of the shift and team on, allocating and prioritising workload. Managerial and supervision aspects of the job role, supporting the B7 lead. We have pool cars to drive, as we cover a large area. ## Responsibilities Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification. #caretojoinus Why work with us ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Qualified Registered Nurse Level 1 - Bsc (hons) in Community Health Nursing (District) or equivalent or working towards - Proven experience in leadership skills - Able to work as an autonomous practitioner - Proven relevant I.T. knowledge and experience - Evidence of on -going training and development - Holistic client assessment skills using an identified model of care - Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations - Able to work as an autonomous practitioner - Awareness of budget management skills **Desirable** - V300 Independent/Supplementary Prescriber - Team management skills - Comprehensive understanding of Health Care services - Health and Safety issues, Risk assessments - Awareness of budget management skills ## Documents - [community nurse team leader jd&ps.pdf (pdf, 624.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10307004) ## 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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.