Integrated Community Team Leader

Hywel Dda University Health Board; Tenby; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Hywel Dda University Health Board is seeking an experienced nurse leader to join its Integrated Community Team. You will lead and develop core nursing establishment, deliver compassionate, patient-centered care, and support teams across home and community services.

The role requires professional nursing leadership aligned with NMC standards, effective people management, budget stewardship, and collaboration with senior clinical leaders.

Qualifications

• Accountable for management of nursing caseload and staff development.
• Provide professional nursing leadership with guidance in line with NMC standards.
• Provide expert clinical advice on specialist issues within own field and monitor activities.
• Responsible for budget management and resource deployment.
• Address complex patient needs and continuing health care packages.
• Collaborate with senior clinical/nursing leadership and deputise as needed.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for management of nursing caseload and staffing development.
• Provide professional nursing leadership with guidance.
• Provide expert clinical advice/interventions and monitor activities.
• Manage allocated budget and resources.
• Support assessment and re-evaluation of continuing health care packages.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and deputise when required.

Skills

Nurse leadership

Budget management

Clinical governance

Job description

Job Overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY HYWEL DDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

This is a Fixed Term/Secondment vacancy until 2/1/2028 to cover maternity leave

If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse leader ready to make a real difference? Join our Integrated Community Team and play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care, shaping services, supporting teams, and improving outcomes for patients in their own homes and communities.

Main duties of the job

Accountable for management of nursing caseload to include leading/developing core nursing establishment in delivering compassionate, high quality, patient-centred nursing care, providing fair, honest and measured people management.

Provide professional nursing leadership with support/guidance (in line with NMC standards).

Provide expert clinical advice/intervention on specialist complex issues within own field and undertake management/monitoring activities in line with legal/professional requirements, statutory rules and Health Board policies relating to evidence-based practice.

Responsible for efficient management of allocated budget effectively deploying the nursing team, utilising allocated resources to timely raise financial expenditure concerns to appropriate personnel.

Ensure complex needs of patients with multiple pathologies and families are addressed in a sensitive/empathic manner including supporting the assessment/implementation/re-evaluation of continuing health care packages of care.

Work/communicate effectively as a member of senior clinical/nursing leadership team, collaborating with other Team Leads and Clinical Lead Nurse, including deputising for Clinical Lead Nurse when required.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Interview to be held on 04/12/2026

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practising data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.