Band 7 Clinical Team Lead - Surrey

NHS; Guildford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community health provider is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Team Lead in Guildford to manage the Children's Community Nursing Team. The role involves strategic leadership and hands-on clinical practice, ensuring high-quality care for children and families. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in paediatric settings and proven leadership skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape community health services in a family-centred environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years solid clinical experience across varied paediatric settings.
• Proven leadership experience in staff management and project leadership.
• Strong IT competence with systems and software.
• Experience in service development and clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Children's Community Nursing Team's operations.
• Ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based care delivery.
• Assess, plan, and deliver holistic care in partnership with families.
• Maintain advanced clinical competence in care procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Clinical competence

Resourcefulness

IT competence

Service development

Education

RN Child / RSCN with Specialist Practitioner (Community Children's Nursing)

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Band 7 Clinical Team Lead to join our Children's Community Nursing Team in Surrey.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape a holistic, high-quality, and family‑centred community nursing service for children and young people. As the Clinical Team Leader you will be responsible and accountable for the day‑to‑day operational management of the service, ensuring safe, effective, and evidence‑based care delivery.

The role combines strategic leadership (70%) with clinical practice (30%), allowing you to maintain hands‑on clinical expertise while driving service improvement, quality assurance, and team development. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, commissioners, and families to ensure the service meets local needs and performance targets.

Main Duties

• Adhere to NMC Codes, professional standards, and organisational policies.
• Lead and manage the day-to‑day operations of the Children's Community Nursing Team, including recruitment, supervision, appraisal, sickness, and disciplinary processes.
• Deputise for other Clinical Team Leaders and the Clinical Service Manager as required.
• Assess, plan, and deliver holistic, evidence-based care in partnership with children, families, and multi‑agency teams, respecting privacy, dignity, and consent.
• Maintain advanced clinical competence in procedures such as central line care, enteral feeding, catheterisation, tracheostomy and ventilation management, wound/stoma care, and end-of-life care.
• Ensure safe use and maintenance of complex clinical equipment (e.g., syringe drivers, ventilators, feeding pumps).
• Contribute clinically (30%) to service delivery, supporting high standards of care and continuous improvement.
• Communicate effectively across all levels, including multidisciplinary teams, families, and external partners, using sensitivity and professionalism.
• Handle complaints and incidents, analysing causes and implementing action plans to improve safety and service quality.

About Us

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes.

We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We are a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

Ideal Candidate

Essential

• RN Child / RSCN with Specialist Practitioner (Community Children's Nursing) or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years solid clinical experience across varied paediatric settings.
• Proven leadership (staff management, project / change lead).
• Innovative, resourceful, and flexible to meet children'/families needs.
• Experience in service development and clinical governance.
• Strong IT competence (systems and software).
• Excellent communication (verbal / written) and interpersonal skills.
• Functional numeracy and literacy.
• Skilled in managing difficult conversations.

Desirable

• Leadership/management qualification.
• Knowledge of budgets, data, and performance monitoring.
• Experience managing financial resources, complaints, and Health & Safety.

Other requirements: Full UK Driving Licence and access to a car insured for business use.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Contact

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2