District Nurse Team Lead / Community Nursing Team Lead- SDH&C | Surrey Downs Health and Care

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Leatherhead is seeking a Band 7 Community Nursing Team Lead. The role involves leading a community nursing team, managing patient care, and ensuring adherence to clinical standards. The ideal candidate will have a nursing qualification, experience in leadership, and a commitment to patient-centered care. This full-time role encourages staff development and inter-agency collaboration, emphasizing innovative practices.

Benefits

Support for professional development

Opportunities for further learning

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with leadership experience in a healthcare setting.
• Strong understanding of integrated care practices.
• Ability to manage budgets and resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a community nursing team.
• Oversee assessment, planning, and implementation of care.
• Facilitate educational programs for nursing staff.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Leadership

Communication

Patient-centered care

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Overview

Surrey Downs Health & Care invites applications for a Band 7 Community Nursing Team Lead role (full-time, 37.5 hours/week), permanent, based in Leatherhead PCN. The successful candidate will join an established community nurse team working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team across the PCN and Surrey Downs Health and Care. We have a strong focus on staff support and development, encouraging opportunities for further learning. We are an employer committed to removing traditional boundaries and barriers and bringing care to patients when and where they need it. We welcome motivated, passionate and visionary colleagues.

Summary of the Band 7 roles for Leatherhead PCN: the District Nurse Team Lead and Community Nursing Team Lead are Band 7 leadership positions responsible for delivering high-quality, person-centered care in the community. Core duties are identical: leading and managing a community nursing team, overseeing assessment, planning and implementation of care, ensuring staff development, maintaining professional standards, and contributing to clinical governance and risk management, with emphasis on integrated care, workforce planning, change management, resource management, and participation in KPIs and audits. Both roles emphasize respect, collaboration, safeguarding and high delivery of care to patients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead within the District Nursing Team and be responsible for the assessment of patient needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of a programme of care within agreed standards.
• Facilitate educational programmes for basic, post basic and in-service training, in close liaison with the Learning and Development Team.
• Lead and facilitate patient-focused, innovative, research-based practice in line with Surrey Downs Health and Care objectives.
• Promote integrated care, support workforce planning, manage change, manage resources and participate in KPIs and audits.
• Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model to all staff, internal and external, as part of the Surrey Downs Health and Care team; develop services in line with patient needs.
• Respect patient privacy and dignity; be accountable for assessments, care planning and appropriate prescribing; involve, support, inform and educate family/carers.
• Provide specialist knowledge and advice to influence the SDHC strategic agenda.
• Maintain clear, comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to procedures.
• Identify workforce planning issues and participate in recruitment, selection and retention of clinical staff.
• Provide support and a learning environment for pre and post registration students as required.
• Ensure policies, procedures and standards of care are adhered to at all times.
• Manage budgets within remit efficiently.
• Participate in research and development opportunities as appropriate.
• Assist with resolution of complaints within the clinical specialty or area of responsibility.
• Negotiate and work effectively across agencies to maximise care effectiveness.
• Be aware of and implement safeguarding procedures to protect vulnerable individuals as necessary.
• Lead and implement the Surrey Downs Health and Care Clinical Governance Strategy; facilitate clinical audits and monitoring of care.
• Lead and implement the SDH&C Risk Management Strategy; ensure all processes are followed.
• Maintain professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines.
• Undertake any other duties consistent with the post; ensure timely data entry for self and corporate teams.
• Be prepared to work within Surrey Downs Health and Care localities and move base temporarily or permanently as service needs require.

Organisation and Values

Surrey Downs Health and Care delivers care closer to people’s communities through Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and collaborations with local NHS organisations. Our partnership includes GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care, Surrey Medical Network, CSH Surrey, Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust, and Surrey County Council. We are committed to providing person-centered care that crosses organisational boundaries to best serve individuals’ needs.

Core values include demonstrating clinical expertise, treating patients with privacy and dignity, accountability for assessments and care planning and appropriate prescribing, promoting health and providing support and advice, planning staffing and skill mix, and maintaining high standards of care.

Important Notice

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025.