Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Redbridge, North East London Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic, motivated Registered Nurse with a minimum of four years’ primary care experience to join the Integrated Care Team as a Band 7 District Nurse Team Leader. The successful candidate must have proven experience working as a District Nurse Team Leader.
Key responsibilities
1. Lead and manage a District Nursing team within the Integrated Care Team.
2. Provide high‑quality clinical care and supervision across community settings.
3. Oversee caseload allocation, governance, and performance management.
4. Promote service development, quality improvement, and partnership working with primary, secondary, and social care colleagues.
5. Support education, training, and clinical competence of team members.
6. Ensure robust record keeping and use of IT systems for care documentation and reporting.
7. Contribute to end-of-life care planning and delivery.
Main duties of the job
8. Deliver safe care to a caseload of patients allocated to the team and be professionally and legally accountable for care provided.
9. Lead and manage a District Nursing team within the Integrated Care Team, line manage Community Nurses and Health Care Support Workers and supervise and appraise staff members and students.
10. Work alongside the Community Matron and Deputy Clinical Nurse Lead to support integrated service delivery.
11. Provide high‑quality clinical care and supervision across community settings.
12. Oversee caseload allocation, governance, and performance management.
13. Promote service development, quality improvement, and partnership working with primary, secondary, and social care colleagues.
14. Support education, training, and clinical competence of team members.
15. Ensure robust record keeping and effective use of IT systems for care documentation and reporting.
16. Contribute to end-of-life care planning and delivery.
17. Hold a valid UK driving Licence
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers, we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
18. We are kind.
19. We are respectful.
20. We work together with our communities.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941) pro rata for part time staff.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Northeast London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.
Person specification
Personal Specifiation
Essential criteria
21. Qualification
22. Experience
23. Knowledge
24. Skills
25. Other
Desirable criteria
26. Qualification
27. Experience
Experience in district nursing
Essential criteria
28. 3 years experience as a Senior Community Nurse
29. EOLC / working towards palliative care degree
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
30. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
31. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
32. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
33. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.