District Nurse Team Lead / Community Nursing Team Lead- SDH&C

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Leatherhead is seeking a Band 7 Community Nursing Team Lead. The role focuses on leading a community nursing team to deliver high-quality care, managing assessments and care planning, and facilitating educational programmes. Ideal candidates will have a nursing qualification and experience in community healthcare leadership.

Benefits

Opportunities for further learning

Qualifications

• Must possess a registered nursing qualification.
• Leadership experience in a community healthcare setting is preferred.
• Ability to develop and evaluate care programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a community nursing team.
• Oversee assessment, planning, and evaluation of care.
• Facilitate training and educational programmes.
• Promote integrated care and collaborative practices.

Skills

Leadership

Community care management

Assessment and planning

Educational programme facilitation

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Overview

Summary of both Band 7 roles for Leatherhead PCN. The District Nurse Team Lead and Community Nursing Team Lead roles within Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) are Band 7 leadership positions responsible for delivering high-quality, person-centered care in the community. Each role involves leading and managing a community nursing team, overseeing the assessment, planning, and implementation of care, ensuring staff development, maintaining professional standards, and contributing to clinical governance and risk management strategies. Both positions are identical in core duties—promoting integrated care, supporting workforce planning, change management, managing resources, and participating in KPIs and audits. Both roles emphasize respect, collaboration, safeguarding, and high delivery of care to patients and staff.

To provide leadership within the District Nursing Team and be responsible for the assessment of needs of the patient and the development, implementation and evaluation of a programme of care within agreed standards. The post holder will undertake facilitation of educational programmes for basic, post basic and in-service training, in close liaison with the Learning and Development Team. To lead and facilitate patient-focused, innovative, research-based practice, in line with Surrey Downs Health and Care objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a community nursing team in the delivery of high-quality, person-centered care in the community.
• Oversee assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care within agreed standards.
• Promote integrated care, workforce planning, change management, resource management, and participation in KPIs and audits.
• Promote respect, collaboration, safeguarding, and high delivery of care to patients and staff.
• Provide leadership within the District Nursing Team and assess patient needs, developing and evaluating care programmes.
• Facilitate educational programmes for basic, post-basic and in-service training in liaison with the Learning and Development Team.
• Lead and facilitate patient-focused, innovative, research-based practice in line with SDHC objectives.

About Surrey Downs Health and Care

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people\'s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations. Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person-centred care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• CSH Surrey
• Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us. It\'s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed - we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before. In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

Role details

An opportunity has arisen to join the Leatherhead PCN team as a Band 7 Community Nursing Team Lead on a full-time (37.5 hours/week), permanent basis. The successful candidate would be welcomed into an established community nurse team who work closely with members of the wider multidisciplinary team across the PCN and across Surrey Downs Health and Care. We have a strong focus on staff support and development, encouraging opportunities for further learning.