Overview
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for Operational Lead for Community Nursing, where you'll drive service excellence, lead transformational change, and support our community nursing teams. This is a rewarding opportunity to manage and support staff, champion innovation, and ensure high-quality care delivery in the heart of the community.
Key skills required
* Registered District Nurse qualification
* Proven experience in leading change and service improvement
* Strong people management and team leadership skills
* Excellent communication and organisational abilities
Main duties of the job
* Responsible for the operational leadership and management of designated Community Nursing Teams.
* To actively lead the development of community nursing teams through staff engagement and workforce development.
* To work with community, primary and secondary care services, supporting the development, facilitation and implementation of robust strategies for admissions avoidance and hospital discharge.
* Establish effective working partnerships with all members of the Inter-disciplinary Team (IDT) and multi-agency team within Community, Primary and secondary care to develop effective patient pathways between services.
* To work with appropriate professional leads and clinical/operational managers to ensure professional development of all staff within the integrated care team.
* Actively engage with partner agencies in developing effective and efficient Integrated Community Teams across Sheffield.
* Work with appropriate colleagues to implement Safeguarding Adult policies ensuring robust reporting mechanisms are in place within the business unit.
* To engage with the clinical governance agenda of the Directorate, Care Group and wider organisations.
* To develop and maintain effective relationships and networks with all stakeholders.
* Line manage the staff in the pathway ensuring personal objectives are aligned with the service and care group objectives to achieve key performance targets.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Details
Date posted: 04 September 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 190-0797-DIR
Job locations
Firth Park Clinic
North Quadrant
Sheffield
S5 6NU
Job description
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
* Registered nurse with District Nurse Specialist Practitioner qualification
* Management business/leadership qualification at post graduate level or equivalent experience/ knowledge
* Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
Experience
* Significant clinical/managerial leadership experience, including line management of staff, e.g. sickness/absence, recruitment/selection and managing complex and challenging change initiatives in a multi-disciplinary arena.
* Experience of strategic development and understanding the effects of implementation/evaluation and review.
* Experience and understanding of the complexity of managing services across statutory and non-statutory boundaries.
Knowledge
* Comprehensive understanding of Community Services and Care Closer to Home, local and national drivers. Extensive knowledge of working in integrated care teams.
* Knowledge of NHS financial management and of working in a multi-disciplinary environment to include aspects of pricing, costing, budgeting and performance management.
* Experience of change management in complex situations.
Skills and Abilities
* Excellent communication (both verbal and written)
* Able to establish effective working relationships and forge bonds with all relevant stakeholders
Specialist Skills and Abilities
* Evidence of successfully undertaking a lead role in a project/audit
* Project management skills
* Evidence of the successful application of a change management project
* Able to produce reports for Senior Management in service and care group
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