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 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider is seeking a Band 7 Community Nursing Team Lead in Leatherhead. The successful candidate will manage a community nursing team, ensuring high-quality patient care and staff development. Responsibilities include leading integrated care initiatives, providing clinical expertise, and facilitating educational programs. Applicants must be Registered Nurses with leadership experience in community settings. This full-time role emphasizes collaboration and innovative practice, contributing to optimal patient outcomes.

Benefits

Opportunities for further learning

Staff support and development

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with leadership experience.
• Experience in community nursing required.
• Ability to manage and develop a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a community nursing team to provide patient-centered care.
• Facilitate educational programs and research-based practice.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and risk management.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

Surrey Downs Health & Care – 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.

In short if you are looking for an employer that is working to remove traditional boundaries and barriers, bringing care to patients when and where they need it, and you want to work alongside motivated, passionate and visionary colleagues we look forward to hearing from you.

Summary of Band 7 Roles

The District Nurse Team Lead and Community Nursing Team Lead roles within Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) are both 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.

Partnership

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
• Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model to all staff, both internal and external on behalf of Surrey Downs Health and Care, working as part of a team taking the lead and developing services in line with the needs of the patient
• Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times
• Be accountable for assessments and care planning, and prescribing appropriately for the patient group Involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers
• Promote the health of patients and the provision of support and advice Be responsible for planning cover, appropriate staffing and skill mix ensuring adequate cover at all times
• Provide specialist knowledge and advice to influence the Surrey Downs Health and Care strategic agenda
• Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to procedures
• Identify workforce planning issues and actively participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of clinical staff
• Provide support and an appropriate learning environment for both pre and post registration students as required
• Be responsible for ensuring that policies and procedures and standards of care, are adhered to at all times
• Manage effectively and efficiently any budget that is within the remit of this post
• Participate in research and development opportunities as appropriate
• Provide assistance with the resolution of complaints within the clinical specialty, or sphere of responsibility
• Have the ability to negotiate and work effectively across all agencies for the maximum effectiveness of care
• Be aware of and act upon when necessary, procedures that are in place to protect vulnerable individuals
• Lead and implement the SDH& C Clinical Governance Strategy within your practice area, facilitating and instigating clinical audit and monitoring of care
• Lead and implement the SDH& C Risk Management Strategy within your practice area, ensuring that all processes are adhered to Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines
• Undertake any other such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the post
• Be responsible for individual timely data entry and responsible for the corporate teams data entry
• This post holder is employed to work within Surrey Downs Health and Care localities and may be reasonably requested to move base temporarily or on a more permanent basis, as requested by service needs
• This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025