District Nurse Team Leader

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HCAS 15% (High Cost Area Supplement)

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in North East London seeks an experienced Registered Nurse with a District Nurse qualification to lead the District Nursing team as Band 7 Team Leader. You will be professionally accountable and manage delivery of care across multiple sites.

You will supervise pre-registration students, support peers, and develop nursing services within primary care while collaborating with health and social care partners.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with District Nurse qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of continued professional development and driving mobility between sites.
• Experience in community nursing and in leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess, manage, plan and deliver care for patients, with professional accountability.
• Supervise pre-registration students and support peers.
• Lead in professional support, operational management and clinical leadership of the District Nursing team.
• Collaborate with other health and social care professionals to deliver integrated care.

Skills

Clinical skills

Managerial skills

Leadership

Communication

IT skills

Travel between sites

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Specialist Community Practitioner - District Nurse

Job description

Job overview

Barking and Dagenham CHSCS, North East London Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse with a District Nurse qualification to work as a Band 7 District Nurse Team Leader.

You will need to be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria skills for the post:

• Excellent clinical Skills
• Managerial Skills
• Leadership Skills
• Communication skills
• Information Technology (IT) Skills
• The ability to travel between sites,

If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit https://www.capitalnurselondon.co.uk/how-to-apply/. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a Registered Nurse (RN12-NMC) responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.

The post holder will support their peers and operational lead and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise pre-registration students. They will have a commitment to collaborative working actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.

The post holder will lead in professional support, operational management and clinical leadership of the District Nursing team for their locality, supporting the Operational leads. The will have a commitment to developing nursing services within primary care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Specialist Community Practitioner -District Nurse
• Specialist Community Practitioner Assessor
• V300 qualification or working towards

Experience

Essential

• Community nursing experience
• Management of staff and leadership
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

• Budgetary experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of NHS priorities

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.

Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.

We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.

For an informal chat or to arrange a visit, please contact:

Name: Shakira Hayes

Job title: Operational Lead

Email: [e-mail]