District Nursing Team Leader
North Cumbria Integrated Care Nhs Foundation Trust
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Job summary
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in Carlisle is seeking a Band 7 District Nurse Team Lead to step up into a leadership role on a fixed-term basis (12 months), covering maternity leave. The post requires SPQ or CSP equivalent and offers clinical leadership of the community nursing team and management of the caseload.
The role sits within the NCIC Trust, which provides rural and remote healthcare and aims to deliver safe, high-quality care in a sustainable way.
Qualifications
- SPQ qualification or CSP equivalent required.
- Experience in leadership or team management in community nursing.
- Evidence of CPD and ongoing professional development.
- Registered nurse with UK professional registration.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership and operational management of the community nurse team.
- Manage the clinical caseload for the team and ensure high quality care.
- Lead service modernisation and drive change within primary/urgent care as needed.
Skills
Education
Job description
Are you ready for a challenge and would like an opportunity to step up into the DN Team lead role?
An exciting Band 7 Community Nurse Team Lead opportunity has arisen with us at Carlisle & District ICC, covering a maternity leave.
There is an expectation that applicants hold the SPQ qualification or CSP Equivalent.
This role requires you to demonstrate the skills and knowledge to support the provision of high quality care, to support patients with complex needs within the community setting. The role will also require you to provide clinical leadership and operational management of the community nurse team along with the management of the clinical caseload for the team.
ICCs aim to address the challenges of an aging population and increasing demand on health and care services by providing more out of hospital care and empowering people to take control of their health and wellbeing. This will require new ways of working to focus on preventing ill health and ensure services are sustainable for the future. These new ways of working will follow the same approach across all eight ICCs with flexibility to tailor services to the needs of the local people.
We are able to provide an individually tailored preceptorship program to experienced nurses.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Date posted: 14 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year Per Annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 262-A-26-8281131
Job locations: Brampton Hospital, Brampton, CA8 1TX, United Kingdom
JOB DESCRIPTION: Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
AHP - Return to Practice Job Advert information. This role may be suitable for individuals Returning to Practice. Please speak to the recruiting manager for more information.
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.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
- Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
- Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
- 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
- NHS Discounts*
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
- Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
- BSc/MSc/SPQ equivalent clinical nursing experience or advanced practise
- Evidence of recent Continual Professional Development
- Mentorship Course or Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
- Specialist chronic disease management course
- Nurse Prescribing qualification (V150 or V300)
- Leadership or Team Management experience
- Experience of service modernisation or change management
- Experience in primary or urgent care
- Clinical Audit
- Community working
- Demonstrate clinical knowledge in acute and chronic disease management
- Knowledge of good clinical practice
- Knowledge of current health and social care policies and legislation
- Demonstrable knowledge of Clinical Governance
- Demonstrate clinical competence in minor illness management
- Able to demonstrate excellent motivation and communication skills
- Able to demonstrate consultation and assessment skills
- Able to understand reflective practice and its application
- Self awareness and appreciation of limitations
- Ability to challenge effectively and present solutions to issues within service design and delivery
- Able to work independently and effectively within a team
- Flexible and motivated
- Ability to adapt to change within working situation
- Able to travel independently
- Able to work 24/7 and flexibly across a range of in-patient and community settings.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer name: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Brampton Hospital, Brampton, CA8 1TX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/
For questions about the job, contact: Carlisle & District Service Manager, Mark McCready, mark.mccready@ncic.nhs.uk, 07786391331
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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