Deputy Community Nurse Team Lead - Arbennek Probus

NHS; Truro; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A community and mental health provider is seeking a Deputy Community Nurse Team Lead to support a nursing team. Ideal candidates should have NMC registration and experience in community nursing. This role involves assessing patients, managing a clinical caseload, and promoting independent living. The candidate must be flexible and adaptable in their approach to evolving care models, working closely with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality patient care. This position is aimed at fostering independence and optimizing quality of life for patients.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with patients with complex and challenging needs.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients with complex health and social care needs.
• Manage a clinical caseload within a community nursing team.
• Implement personalized care plans and collaborate with the community resource.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong commitment to teaching and learning

Ability to motivate and engage positively with colleagues

Education

Current professional registration - NMC

Post graduate specialist training to degree level in relevant subject area

Job description

Go back Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Community Nurse Team Lead - Arbennek Probus

The closing date is 30 December 2025

Please note: This opportunity is open to internal candidates as a secondment. Before applying, please ensure you have discussed the post with your current line manager and obtained their agreement to support your release for the duration of the secondment.

We are looking for dynamic, passionate and motivated nurse with experience of Community Nursing to be a Team Leader within the Arbennek Community Nursing Team covering the maternity leave of the current postholder.

The successful candidate will work with the team to ensure provision of a holistic nursing assessment and high quality, safe, evidence based care to patients and carers with the aim of maintaining patients in their own homes. Our patients are at the centre of all that we do so we are looking for nurses who are calm, caring, compassionate clinicians with an interest in delivering the highest quality care and support our patients to lead full and independent lives whilst promoting self management of their health conditions.

This will be an exciting and evolving job role within the Primary Care Network and explore new multi-disciplinary ways of integrated working. Therefore flexibility and a willingness to explore new exciting ways of working is a must and be adaptable accordingly.

Main duties of the job

As an autonomous practitioner the post holder will be responsible for the assessment and treatment of patients with complex health and social care needs. They will manage a clinical caseload within a community nursing team with guidance from the Community Nurse Team Leads, Community Matrons and Integrated Care Team Leads. Ensuring provision of a holistic nursing assessment and high quality, safe, evidence based care to patients and carers with the aim of maintaining patients in their own homes. This includes physical examination and detailed history taking, diagnosis of deterioration in pre-existing conditions and treatment planning.

The post holder will work in this adaptable and evolving role, focusing on safe, effective admission avoidance and supporting timely discharge from hospitals and other care settings. Implementing personalised care plans and collaborating with the whole community resource to facilitate ongoingcare management.

To work in partnership with patients and carers and members of the multi-disciplinary team to offer support and advice and promote informed choice; maximising independence and optimising quality of life. This post holder will be required to provide clinical management and leadership to all staff within the team.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Job responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• Current professional registration - NMC
• Experience of working with patients with complex and challenging needs
• Post graduate specialist training to degree level in relevant subject area

Skills and Aptitude

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong commitment to teaching and learning

Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge and application of workforce planning, supervision and appraisals
• Strong team player able to motivate and engage positively with colleagues

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.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust