# Community Nursing Deputy Team Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nursing-deputy-team-lead/404570a9-e627-47fd-948a-981c561262f6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nursing-deputy-team-lead/404570a9-e627-47fd-948a-981c561262f6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Emergency/Out of Hours Dental Services - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (3 day working weekend) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T09:31:03.993Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Hemel_Hempstead/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Community_Nursing/Community_Nursing-v8349268 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8349268?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting! We are a dynamic and forward-thinking team looking for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Registered Nurse to join our established Dacorum Community Nursing Team as a Deputy Team Lead based with the care home team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to co-lead one of our neighbourhood teams, working closely with and supported by experienced Team Leaders. The position is varied and rewarding, with responsibility for managing a patient caseload. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based care for patients in their own homes and residential care homes, helping to support independence and improve outcomes. We are particularly interested in candidates with previous community nursing experience. We are looking for someone who is committed to collaborative working, approachable, and an effective communicator. You will be confident working both independently and as part of a team, and open to new ideas and ways of working. As this is a community-based role, with travel between patient homes, there is a requirement to hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). ### Main duties of the job This is an exciting time to join the Community Nursing service in West Hertfordshire. We are developing new community pathways which will support the delivery of more care in people’s homes, and to enable us to do this we have a range of new learning and development opportunities available through the CLCH Academy. Key duties within the role include: - To set and maintain standards of care and deploy, co-ordinate and supervise the nursing team and learners as required. - To provide leadership and management to a team of community nurses and other staff covering the four localities across Herts Valleys. - To be responsible for the team’s assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised nursing care to patients living in the community. The service is provided seven days per week 8am-6pm. - To be responsible for the team’s maintenance of patient and other records. - To participate in the long-term management of patients within the locality. - To have continued responsibility for a defined caseload. - To be responsible for the development and maintenance of competencies within the team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trust’s values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment. **Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.** ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust’s Values and Behaviours - Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010) ### Skills **Essential** - Principles of care for patients with long term conditions, based on local/national guidelines and standards - NMC Code of Professional Conduct and application to practice - Appraisal and Personal Development Planning - Understanding of NHS and Integrated Care boards structures - Leading audit process - The principles of clinical governance and application to practice - Clinical supervision – purpose and application - Managing difficult situations and conflict resolution - How equal opportunities can be implemented in practice - Has high level competence in a range of clinical skills - Ability to work in a team - Able to work without direct supervision, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others - Able to delegate work effectively and safely - Ability to risk assess a situation and act appropriately - Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing - Able to identify own and others learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meeting those needs ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience - Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team - Experience of working with people with complex health needs - Experience of supervising junior staff and co-ordinating a team on a day to day, regular basis - Experience of teaching students and other staff members - Experience of implementing evidence-based care in practice - Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans **Desirable** - Experience of managing staff - Post-registration community nursing experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse with full and current UK NMC registration - Evidence of recent and continuing post-registration professional education and training **Desirable** - Has undertaken formal training in staff and team management - Practice supervisor/assessor training - Nurse prescribing qualification ## Documents - [clch trust values (pdf, 893.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10681217) - [functional requirements (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10681216) - [deputy team leader job description (pdf, 221.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10674833) ## 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.