# Community Nursing Team Lead

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS Highland
- **Location:** Assynt House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (community and district)
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £52,845 - £61,466
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:59.999Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T14:31:06.023Z
- **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=273325
- **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=273325
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job details

- Job reference: 262911
- Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
- Job closing date: 04/11/2026
- Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
- Location: Base negotiable within Oban, Lorn and the Islands of Mull, Coll, Tiree or Colonsay
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 36
- Job posted date: 20/10/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Highland
- Department: Community Nursing

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to take up the post of Team Lead for Community Nursing on the beautiful Inner Hebrides of Mull, Colonsay, Tiree and Coll to provide Clinical Leadership and Operational day to day management for the district nursing team.

We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic individual with the ability to provide professional and strategic leadership. The post holder will influence and drive forward Community Nursing to provide best possible patient centred outcomes. The post holder should be self-motivated, have an in-depth knowledge of Community Nursing, criteria, processes and NHSH policies. They will also have the ability to support the design and delivery of new models and pathways of care within the integrated team/ services and influence quality and a high standard of patient care.

This is a demanding, specialised role, requiring high levels of professional skills to work efficiently and effectively

The post-holder will work flexibly in terms of location to develop and support other areas of team working within the Community Nursing service.

Flexible working pattern will be considered and base is negotiable. Consideration will be given to the right candidate being mainland based,

The post holder will be a first level Registered General Nurse and will hold a relevant specialist District nursing qualification.

### Department contact:

### Morven McPhillips

### morven.mcphillips@nhs.scot

### Job Ref: 262911Closing date: Midnight Wednesday 4th November 2026

## Documents

- [Job Description (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1212506&JobId=273325)
- [Highland Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions of Employment (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1212502&JobId=273325)

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