Operational Team Leader – Community Nursing Service

NHS Jobs; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work iPhone

iPad for mobile working

Job summary

Procare Community Services is seeking an experienced Operational Team Leader for our Community Nursing Service in Guildford. In this Band 7 role, you will lead a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality home-based care and clinical governance across localities.

You will work closely with the Clinical Lead and District Nurse to drive service improvement, support staff development, and maintain safe, person-centred care with hands-on clinical input up to 40% of the role, in a supportive,

Qualifications

• Registered Level 1 Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Completion of DN SPQ and Clinical Supervisor qualifications.
• Experience leading community nursing teams and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership across Guildford and Waverley Community Nursing.
• Lead on staffing, return-to-work, sickness reviews and appraisals.
• Lead on Datix investigations and ensure clinical governance.
• Maintain up to 40% clinical practice and hands-on patient care.
• Support development of staff and promote a positive team culture.
• Ensure patient safety and high-quality, compassionate care.

Skills

Leadership

Staff development

Clinical governance

Incidents management

People management

Service improvement

Education

Registered Level 1 Nurse (NMC)

Completion of DN SPQ

Clinical Supervisor

Tools

EMIS

Datix

iPhone

iPad

Job description

Operational Team Leader – Community Nursing Service

Are you a passionate and experienced community nurse ready to take the next step in your career? We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 7 Community Nursing Team Lead to join our supportive and forward-thinking community nursing service.This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality, compassionate care to patients within their own homes and communities. As a Team Lead, you will work closely with the Clinical Lead and District Nurse to ensure our service remains safe, effective, and truly person-centred.You will lead and support a dedicated team of community nursing professionals, promoting excellence in clinical practice while creating a positive and supportive team environment. Your leadership will help ensure smooth day-to-day service delivery, support staff development, and drive continuous improvement across the service.This role offers the chance to make a real difference -- not only to the patients and families we care for, but also to the staff you support and develop.Post holders will be available to work Monday to Sunday between 8am and 8pm. A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use if required for this post, however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Procare Community Services are not a UKVI sponsoring organisation, so all candidates are required to have their own independent right to work

Main duties of the job

In this key leadership role, you will support services across localities to ensure the consistent delivery of safe, high-quality, and compassionate care within the community.Working closely with the Clinical Lead and District Nurse, you will lead and support a dedicated community nursing team, playing a central role in coordinating patient care, managing incidents, promoting staff development, and maintaining high professional standards. You will also contribute to clinical governance and service improvement, helping to ensure our service continues to evolve to meet the needs of the communities we serve.Your leadership will be visible and supportive, creating a positive team culture where staff feel valued, motivated, and empowered to deliver excellent care.This is a varied and rewarding role that combines 40% clinical practice with 60% leadership and management responsibilities, allowing you to remain hands-on in patient care while also driving improvements in service delivery, team development, and patient outcomes.

About us

The Procare Chief Operating Officer is a Nurse by background, who has a real passion for all aspects of Community working. Our board is clinically led with a Director of Nursing and GPs who have vast community experience, ensuring that Procare has the expertise and knowledge base needed to develop sustainable integrated services.

With a strong emphasis on high-quality care, patient safety, and a positive patient and carer experience as the core of our strategy, our goal is to ensure excellent care for our local community. We aim to achieve this by creating a supportive and highly skilled workforce, making Procare a great place to work.

We are an innovative, ambitious, friendly, and supportive local team. We take pride in our clinically led and flat management structure, which ensures transparent leadership from all directors. We are in search of an individual with the requisite skills and attributes, someone who is pragmatic and solution-focused, and who desires to be a part of our local Community Nursing Services.

Job responsibilities

• To provide operational support across Guildford and Waverley Community Nursing, working with the District Nurses and Clinical Leads to manage staffing including return to work, sickness, formal reviews and appraisals.
• To manage off duty for Guildford and Waverley Community Nursing.
• To lead on Datix and investigations delegated from the Clinical Lead.
• To be clinical up to 40% of the role as required.
• To provide highly visible managerial leadership to the Community Nursing team and support of staff development in these areas.
• To ensure patient safety and clinical effectiveness, providing expert evidence based clinical advice and support to all staff within the locality.

The post holder will use an electronic patient held record system, EMIS as a record of care and all our nurses are provided with a work IPhone and IPad for mobile working.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Registered Level 1 Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration.
• Completion of DN SPQ
• Clinical Supervisor

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Broad range of clinical skills relevant to community nursing, - including but not limited to Compression Bandaging, Dopplers, Venepuncture, Male & Suprapubic Catheter, Syringe drivers and Palliative care symptom management.
• Able to demonstrate experience of managing people, undertaking appraisals, investigations, formal and informal reviews, Supporting staff through HR processes.
• Experience of undertaking audits, presenting feedback and owning action plans.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

£51,657 to £58,785 a yearpro rata per annum