Registered Team Lead Nurse - Band 7
Are you an experienced and motivated nurse looking to take the next step in your career? Join our dynamic Brent Community Nursing Team as a District Nurse Team Leader (Band 7) and lead the way in delivering compassionate, high-quality patient care in a community setting. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about making a difference while developing their leadership and clinical skills within a supportive and innovative environment.
What We Offer:
We care as much about our staff's wellbeing as we do about our patients. Here's what you can look forward to:
* Comprehensive Induction: Start with a full induction into community services, followed by role-specific training to ensure you're set up for success.
* Flexible Working and Benefits: Access flexible working options, car lease schemes (T&Cs apply), and annual travel card loans to support a balanced lifestyle.
* Career Development Opportunities: Continuous training and development, including access to leadership programs and CPD courses, ensuring your professional growth is as important as your day-to-day work.
Why This Role?
As a Team Lead Nurse, you'll play a vital role in guiding a team of skilled nurses and healthcare assistants, ensuring exceptional care for patients in their homes. You'll enjoy a diverse and rewarding role that combines clinical excellence with team management, fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes.
Your Responsibilities:
* Lead and Inspire: Provide clinical leadership and day-to-day management of a team of nurses, healthcare assistants, and associate nurses, ensuring high standards of care and effective teamwork.
* Patient-Centered Care: Take responsibility for managing a caseload and delivering evidence-based nursing care, focusing on health needs assessments, complex care plans, and coordinated discharge planning to prevent hospital admissions.
* Collaboration Across Services: Work closely with GPs, social care, and other health and voluntary services to provide seamless, integrated care tailored to each patient's unique needs.
* Drive Quality and Improvement: Promote service development by monitoring care quality, identifying opportunities for improvement, and supporting continuous professional development within the team.
* Mentorship and Support: Offer practical teaching and mentorship, overseeing clinical competency and providing guidance to junior staff and students.
Who We're Looking For:
* Qualifications: Registered General Nurse with current UK NMC registration and a Specialist Practitioner qualification in District Nursing (or working towards it).
* Experience: Proven experience in community nursing with a focus on complex care, team coordination, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
* Skills and Attributes: Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, delegate, and handle complex care decisions. Effective communication, problem-solving abilities, and a commitment to continuous learning are essential.
Person Specification:
Education/Qualification
* Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
* Evidence of continuing professional education and training at degree level
* Qualification in team / service management or prepared to work towards.
* Mentor or practice-based learning training.
* Community or Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification or prepared to work towards
* Post - registration qualification in district nursing or equivalent (desirable)
Experience
* Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience in community nursing
* Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of working with people with complex needs
* Experience of co-ordinating and managing a team
* Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
* Experience of evidence-based care
* Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and developing complex care plans
* Experience of co-ordinating and delivering care for people with complex, long-term conditions.
Key Attributes
Essential criteria
* Able to carry out the duties of the post With or without reasonable adjustments.
* Able to travel around the district (car/bike/public transport/foot)
* Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Join our Brent Community Nursing Team at CLCH and become part of an organisation that values both your professional development and the impactful care you provide to the community. Apply today to make a difference in patient care and lead a dedicated team towards excellence