Overview
Surrey Downs Health & Care invites applications for a Band 7 Community Nursing Team Lead (full-time, 37.5 hours/week), permanent, to join the Leatherhead PCN team. The successful candidate will be welcomed into an established community nurse team working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team across the PCN and Surrey Downs Health and Care. The organisation values staff support and development and encourages opportunities for further learning.
Summary of the roles: The District Nurse Team Lead and the Community Nursing Team Lead are Band 7 leadership positions responsible for delivering high-quality, person-centred care in the community. Both roles involve leading and managing a community nursing team, overseeing assessment, planning, and implementation of care, ensuring staff development, maintaining professional standards, contributing to clinical governance and risk management, and participating in KPIs and audits. Both roles emphasise respect, collaboration, safeguarding, and high delivery of care to patients and staff.
Responsibilities
* Provide leadership within the District Nursing Team and be responsible for the assessment of patient needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of a programme of care within agreed standards.
* Facilitate educational programmes for basic, post basic and in-service training, in close liaison with the Learning and Development Team.
* Lead and facilitate patient-focused, innovative research-based practice in line with Surrey Downs Health and Care objectives.
* Promote integrated care, support workforce planning, change management, manage resources, and participate in KPIs and audits.
* Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model to all staff, within the partnership of Surrey Downs Health and Care.
* Respect patients’ privacy and dignity; be accountable for assessments and care planning, and prescribe appropriately for the patient group, involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers.
* Plan staffing and skill mix to ensure adequate cover at all times; provide specialist knowledge and advice to influence the strategic agenda of Surrey Downs Health and Care.
* Maintain clear, comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records; identify workforce planning issues and participate in recruitment, selection and retention of clinical staff.
* Provide support and a suitable learning environment for pre- and post-registration students as required; ensure policies, procedures and standards of care are adhered to at all times.
* Manage budgets within remit and participate in research and development opportunities as appropriate.
* Assist with the resolution of complaints within the clinical specialty, negotiate and work effectively across agencies to maximise care effectiveness.
* Be aware of, and act upon, procedures to protect vulnerable individuals; lead and implement SDH&C Clinical Governance and Risk Management strategies; maintain professional integrity in line with NMC guidelines.
* Undertake other duties as required and ensure timely data entry for individual and corporate team data; may be requested to move base temporarily or permanently to meet service needs.
Organisation
Surrey Downs Health and Care delivers care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our partnership of local NHS organisations. The partnership includes:
* The GP Federations: GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network
* CSH Surrey
* Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
* Surrey County Council
Historically there have been boundary lines between organisations; Surrey Downs Health and Care unites to provide great care to those who need it, across homes, GP surgeries and hospitals. The shared values aim to translate into better care for residents, enabling access to the right support, care and treatment.
Values and Standards
* Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model; lead and develop services in line with patient needs.
* Treat all patients with privacy and dignity; be accountable for assessments, care planning, and appropriate prescribing; involve and educate families and carers.
* Promote the health of patients and provide support and advice; ensure staffing and skill mix adequacy.
* Provide specialist knowledge to influence the SDH&C strategic agenda; maintain robust records.
* Participate in workforce planning, recruitment and retention; support learning for students; ensure adherence to policies and standards.
* Lead on clinical governance and risk management; participate in research and development when appropriate.
* Be responsible for data entry for the post and corporate teams; flexible across localities as required by service needs.
Closing date: This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025.
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