District Team Leader | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health provider in Preston is seeking a Community Specialist Practitioner to join their team. The role involves providing clinical leadership and managing a nursing team while delivering high-quality care to patients in their homes. The position offers flexible working options and is ideal for motivated professionals looking to make a difference. Applicants must have the Specialist Practitioner Qualification and be committed to patient-focused care.

Qualifications

• Motivated individuals with the Specialist Practitioner Qualification.
• Competency and experience in line with the person specification.
• Ability to work flexibly across a seven-day rota.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership to a District Nursing Team.
• Assign and supervise staff for effective management of caseload.
• Ensure high-quality evidence-based nursing care is provided.

Skills

Specialist Practitioner Qualification

Leadership skills

Patient care experience

Job description

Part Time (30 hours) and Full Time (37.50 hours) Vacancies available at:

Fulwood Park Clinic - PR2 8JB

This is an exciting time to join our Community District Nursing Services as Community Specialist Practitioner within the Central locality in two locations across our footprint (Chorley, South Ribble and Preston). If you are looking for a new challenge, are passionate about delivering the very best high quality, safe, effective care in a high performing NHS Foundation Trust then this maybe the opportunity you have been waiting for.

We are looking for motivated and qualified staff with the Specialist Practitioner Qualification, who will be a part of developing and driving our integrated approach to care, so that we can fully embrace and utilise theses benefits to provide the best outcomes for our patients.

As part of LSCFT you will be supported to professionally develop and encouraged to continuously learn whilst considering new ways of working. The Community Specialist Practitioner will be a key member of the senior nursing and leadership team, responsible for providing the very best care to the patients in their own homes. In addition you will be part of leading a team who are patient focused with excellence at its core, maintaining and improving professional standards and developments of the future workforce.

For further information about these roles and/or informal chat or visit please contact us using the details provided

Applicants will need to demonstrate their competency and experience in line with the person specification and will be required to work flexibly across a seven day rota.

Responsibilities

• To provide professional leadership to a District Nursing Team and to facilitate a culture of learning and reflective practice within that team.
• To assume continuous responsibility for appropriate deployment and supervision of staff for the effective management of a defined caseload.
• To provide clinical leadership in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of high quality evidence based nursing care to patients in their own homes and other community settings, to ensure that the care needs of the caseload are met.
• To provide direct clinical care to patients with identified specialist or complex needs.
• To work to a defined shift pattern with a service responsible for the provision of care 24/7 365 days per year.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services. LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Monday 8 Dec 2025