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Band 7 | Main area: Community Nurse Team Manager | Grade: Band 7 | Contract: Permanent | Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week (7‑day working 8am – 10pm cover) | Job ref: 201-25-777 | Site: Pentorr Health Centre and St Barnabas Hospital | Town: Torpoint and Saltash | Salary: £47,810 – £54,710 per annum | Closing: 03/11/2025 23:59
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Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Nurse Team Manager with the Toressa Community Nursing Team, split across Torpoint and Saltash. You will lead and manage the operational services of a Community Nursing Locality Team, taking into account local health needs and the policy priority of developing services closer to home. You will be responsible for delivery and maintenance of high‑quality evidence‑based care, focused on meeting the needs and choices of patients, carers and families, fostering positive relationships with local commissioning boards and community and voluntary organisations.
Main Duties
* Act as professional and operational lead for the Community Nursing Service within a given locality.
* Authorized signatory and responsible for appropriate use of resources.
* Responsible for quality and governance, including health and safety and patient safety.
* Provide developmental leadership and management to all staff within the locality, informing future service development.
* Coordinate an integrated multi‑disciplinary approach, ensuring best practice guidelines and performance standards are met while meeting service targets.
* Employ autonomous assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex health and social care needs.
* Manage frequent travel to various locations throughout the county, including places not accessible by public transportation.
Eligibility
This role is only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. Current employees of the following organisations may apply:
* Cornwall Foundation Trust
* Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
* Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
Person Specification – Education, Qualifications and Experience
* First‑level registration as an adult nurse and registered with the NMC.
* Extensive experience practising within the community, as a community nurse or district nurse.
* Experience implementing change, developing and implementing policies.
* Experience and belief in the benefits of integrated multi‑disciplinary team working.
* Previous experience, knowledge and application of safeguarding policies.
* Masters level professional education supplemented by specialist training and development or equivalent experience.
Skills and Aptitude
* Teaching, assessing, coaching and mentoring skills to facilitate an effective learning environment.
Other Essential Criteria
* Hold a valid UK driving licence.
Development Opportunities
* Career conversations and individual development plans.
* Protected CPD time for registered staff.
* Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff.
* Leadership and management development programmes.
* Coaching and mentoring opportunities.
* A full clinical induction programme for operational skills.
* Access to a care certificate programme for band 1‑4 clinical staff.
* A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff.
* Individual professional development programmes.
Benefits
* Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives.
* Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff.
* Free DBS checks where required.
* Discounts from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions.
* NHS pension scheme.
* Salary sacrifice car scheme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.
Closing
The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. If you are successful at the short‑listing stage of the recruitment process, you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details. If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests.
For general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644.
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