Team Leader, Childrens Community Nursing Team

Tameside Hospital; Ashton; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS Pension Scheme

Gym discount

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Team Leader for the Children’s Community Nursing Team. This permanent role oversees a 37.5-hour week, providing strategic and clinical leadership to ensure safe, effective, high-quality care for children and families in the community, with flexible working options.

The role requires NHS AfC Band 7 experience, strong governance skills and the ability to lead a multidisciplinary team across primary and secondary care settings.

Qualifications

• Must be UK registered nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience in leadership of a community nursing team.
• Knowledge of national child health policy and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, clinical and operational leadership to the Children’s Community Nursing Team.
• Oversee delivery of safe, high-quality, child-and-family-centred care.
• Lead service development, governance and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical governance

Strategic planning

Education

NMC Registered Nurse (RN)

Job description

Team Leader, Childrens Community Nursing Team

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 245-NAM7COM-08-26-A

Site Tameside NHS intergrated NHS Trust Town Ashton Under Lyne Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Team Leader, Children's Community Nursing Team: Permanent (37.5 hours)

The Team Leader for the Children’s Community Nursing Team (CCNT) is responsible for providing strategic, clinical, educational and operational leadership to the service, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, high-quality, child and family-centred care. The post holder will lead and manage the Children’s Community Nursing Team, making effective use of resources to meet service demands whilst maintaining the highest standards of patient care and professional practice.

Main duties of the job

As a key member of the Children’s Services senior leadership team, the post holder will support the implementation of national policy, local priorities and Trust objectives relating to children’s community health services. They will ensure that all staff work within the professional standards, codes of conduct and scope of practice defined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Working collaboratively with colleagues across primary, secondary and tertiary care, the post holder will lead the delivery of community-based services for children and young people with acute, complex and chronic health care needs. They will be responsible for overseeing the coordination of complex discharge planning processes, ensuring seamless transitions from hospital to home and promoting integrated, multidisciplinary care pathways.

The Team Leader will provide expert clinical guidance, professional leadership and educational support to the nursing workforce, fostering a positive culture of learning, development and continuous improvement. They will champion evidence-based practice, quality improvement and innovation, identifying opportunities to develop the service in line with current research, best practice and the evolving needs of children, young people and their families.

Working autonomously within established Clinical Governance frameworks, the post holder will demonstrate advanced clinical expertise, sound decision-making and exceptional communication skills.

Working for our organisation

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.

Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

• Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
• For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute. These terms and conditions are not applicable for Non-Executive positions.
• We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.

New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

At Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, we welcome applications from all candidates.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.