Clinical Team Leader

NHS; Castleford; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider is seeking a Community Nursing Team Leader to manage and inspire a dedicated nursing team within Wakefield Community Services. This role involves providing operational and clinical leadership, ensuring high standards of patient care, and promoting service development. The ideal candidate will have significant nursing experience, excellent leadership skills, and a commitment to professional development. Join us to make a positive impact on community healthcare.

Benefits

NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Childcare vouchers

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience, ideally in a community setting.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Commitment to equality and diversity.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to the Integrated Care Team.
• Manage staff and ensure high standards of care.
• Collaborate with multi-agency teams to support patient care.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical expertise

Education

Relevant degree (or equivalent experience)

Job description

Job Summary

Join Our Team as a Community Nursing Team Leader Wakefield Integrated Care Team. Are you a passionate and driven nursing professional looking for a new challenge? An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen to join the Integrated Care Team (ICT) within Wakefield Community Services, part of the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. We are seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate, and innovative leader to help shape the future of adult community nursing. This is a unique opportunity to provide both operational and clinical leadership to a dedicated team of nurses and healthcare support workers.

What You'll Do

• Lead by example, inspiring your team through compassionate care and professional excellence.
• Provide line management and support to qualified and unqualified nursing staff.
• Offer clinical expertise in complex situations and support staff during challenging visits.
• Drive service development and team innovation, always keeping patient care at the heart of everything we do.
• Collaborate closely with nursing and therapy colleagues across Adult Community Services.

What We're Looking For

• A grounded yet forward-thinking nursing professional with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to positively represent the Trust.
• A role model who supports lifelong learning and contributes to the team's development.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide visible leadership and line management for the Integrated Care Team (ICT), supporting other teams when required.
• Offer clinical expertise and advice in the management of complex cases, palliative care, and safeguarding, ensuring high standards of care at home.
• Ensure all team members are clinically competent, well-supported, and working within professional guidelines.
• Maintain oversight of record-keeping standards, including medication charts and documentation audits, ensuring compliance with NMC and organisational policies.
• Work closely with the Hospital Discharge Team and wider system partners to support safe, timely discharges and reduce avoidable hospital admissions.
• Promote and embed clinical supervision, staff development, and evidence-based practice across the team.
• Support and lead service development, using audits and performance data to drive improvements and meet local and national targets.
• Manage complaints, incidents, risks, and staff concerns, escalating appropriately and ensuring lessons are learned.

About Us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise continuous improvement, value our people and values to deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns to increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Details

• Date posted: 24 September 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 000648
• Job locations: The Bungalow, Gilcar Way, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 5QS

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse (RGN) with:

• A relevant degree (or equivalent experience), plus teaching/assessing qualifications.
• Significant post-registration experience, including at Band 6 level or equivalent, ideally in a community setting.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development, with a commitment to progressing towards Masters-level learning.
• Strong leadership and team management experience, including managing resources and driving service improvements.
• Proven skills in change management, service development, and implementing evidence-based practice.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to engage across multi-agency teams.
• Confident use of IT systems and accurate record-keeping in line with professional and legal standards.
• A positive, professional approach with a commitment to equality, diversity, and being a visible role model for the team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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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.

Employer details

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, The Bungalow, Gilcar Way, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 5QS. Website: https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/