Community Nursing Deputy Team Lead

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Nursing Deputy Team Lead to join the District Nursing Service, with vacancies across Blyth, Brockwell and Hexham. You will support the team lead, oversee day-to-day management and ensure high quality patient care.

The role emphasises compassionate leadership, mentorship, coaching, and development reviews, with opportunities across Northumberland and North Tyneside.

Qualifications

• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Experience leading a team.
• Experience managing own workload and others.
• Knowledge of quality improvement tools and methods.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver and evaluate district nursing care for assigned caseloads.
• Provide leadership and supervision to the community nursing team.
• Support development reviews and coaching for staff.
• Collaborate with GPs and professionals to maintain care standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching

Quality improvement

Education

Nursing degree

Tools

Practice Assessor

Job description

Community Nursing Deputy Team Lead

Company: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job ID: C9319-26-1011

The closing date is 04 November 2026

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic professional to join our dynamic District Nursing Service as a Community Nursing Deputy Team, to work alongside the team lead to provide leadership and day to day management of the Community Nursing Team. We have vacancies in Blyth, Brockwell, and Hexham, alongside other potential opportunities across Northumberland and North Tyneside.

As a deputy team lead the post holder will establish and maintain robust communication networks with patients, carers, team members, GPs and other professionals and agencies. You will act as a role model for the Community Nursing service, our patients and families exercising accountability for patient care in line the NMC code of professional conduct.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care for patients on their caseload, delegating appropriately providing and leadership to inspire and motivate others to high performance by agreeing clear goals and objectives, providing support and guidance and creating opportunities for development.

There is strong commitment to provide excellent leadership through mentorship, coaching and development for all grades of staff, to provide high quality patient care in line with Northumbria Healthcare Trusts Vision. Team Leads take responsibility for the management and supervision of the Community Nurse Teams.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Details

Date posted: 29 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 319-8310511LH

Job locations: Blyth Community Hospital, Thoroton Street, Blyth, NE24 1DX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

The deputy team lead is responsible for the planning and delivery of the District Nursing services within a designated area, prioritising clinical need to provide holistic care, maintaining accountability for their own practice while working without direct supervision.

The post holder will lead a team of Community Nurses, responsible for the day to day management of the District Nursing Team alongside the team lead, maintaining effective management and clinical supervision frameworks for all staff, with the responsibility of carrying out professional development reviews in line with Trust policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent level of experience or knowledge
• Practice Assessor
• Registered Mentor: Mentor supervisor/Assessor

Desirable

• District Nursing Practitioner qualification or Non-Medical Prescribing (V300) & Advanced Clinical Skills

Experience and knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Previous post - registration experience
• Experience of leading a team
• Experience of managing own workload/others
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Desirable

• Experience and understanding of working in Community setting
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other

Essential

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving license and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Blyth Community Hospital, Thoroton Street, Blyth, NE24 1DX, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/

Contact: Lyndsey Wilkinson, Clinical Neighbourhood Matron, [e-mail], 07500552961