Team Lead for Community Nursing
Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job overview
The purpose of this role is to provide dynamic leadership and management within the community nursing team to ensure the delivery of high quality responsive, efficient and effective community nursing services.
This includes the management of all personnel and utilisation of robust capacity planning and target setting methodologies within the team. We encourage creative and innovative methods of utilising resources most effectively to meet the need of all patients’. You will work with our Community Matron to support best practice.
Interviews will take place on 5th March 2026.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- To work with the Locality Clinical Manager(s) and other team leaders/managers within the Locality setting to deliver adult community provision for nursing and therapies. This includes proactively supporting the development and redesign of adult care pathways , embracing the concept of care closer to home and expanding/enhancing multi-disciplinary/multi agency working, community services and other community facilities including community hospitals.
- Supporting work to development the creation of ‘neighbourhoods’ and the Shropshire/Telford STP (system transformation plan).
- Promotes a ‘can do’ attitude and determination to develop and sustain dynamic and responsive multi-disciplinary/multi agency community services within a Locality setting which delivers best practice.
- To be accountable for the day to day management of the team, including the line management of staff and resources, training and development, personal development reviews, management of sickness absences, grievances and disciplinary cases, and patient complaints.
- To actively manage capacity planning and target setting for service delivery, utilising standardised tools and methodologies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.