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Community Nurse Team Lead - Secondment, Melton Mowbray
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Client:
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
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Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
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Job Views:
3
Posted:
14.07.2025
Expiry Date:
28.08.2025
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Job Description:
Job Overview
Can you demonstrate our values of Trust, Respect, Integrity and Compassion? Do you share in our ambition to create high quality, compassionate care and wellbeing for all?
Then take a step towards LPT...
Do you have the necessary skills to work in a leadership role within Community Health Services?
Would you enjoy the challenge of providing support and clinical oversight within one of our Community Nursing Teams?
Each community nursing team forms part of an Integrated Community HUB and each of the teams requires a team leader. Opportunities have arisen for Community Nurse Team Leads to manage a community nursing team, taking overall responsibility for the assessment, management, and evaluation of evidence-based nursing care to patients in a variety of settings.
We have vacancies for Community Nurse Team Leads in the East North Community Nursing HUB based at Melton Mowbray and Syston Health Centre. Part-time hours (minimum of 30/week) will be considered for the vacancy based at Syston Health Centre.
It is essential that you hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle that an be used for work purposes.
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
The posts will be offered on a 12-month secondment basis, with a requirement that the successful candidates will apply for and secure a place on the next available District Nursing course in order to gain a District Nurse Specialist Practitioner qualification. For any Community Nurse Team Leads who do not secure a place on the next available District Nursing course, the secondment would end immediately, and the candidate would return to their previous job role.
The Community Nurse Team Lead post will involve you working with and supporting Nurses for Complex Care, Senior District Nurses and Senior Nurses for Complex Care in delivering high quality care.
You will have responsibility for care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional nursing leadership and guidance, clinical advice, and management.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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