Main area Community Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes weekends and Bank Holidays) Job ref 190-1429-DIR
Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Nether Edge Community Nursing Team Town Sheffield Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa/ pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 09/06/2026 23:59 Interview date 18/06/2026
Deputy Team Leader Nether Edge Community Nursing Team
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
If you are an enthusiastic, experienced Community Staff Nurse, this is an exciting opportunity to enhance and develop your leadership knowledge and skills within the dynamic role of a Community Nursing Deputy Team Leader.
This permanent position will see the successful candidate working alongside the District Nurse Team Leader, assisting in managing and leading a Community Nursing Team. In addition, you will work in collaboration with the wider Integrated Community Care/Primary Care services to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and patient focused planned and unplanned care at home.
Main duties of the job
In collaboration with the District Nurse Team Leader, lead and manage the caseload of the Community Nursing Team, monitoring standards of care, delegating responsibilities and supervising team members as appropriate.
Develop and maintain appropriate communication systems. Working closely with patients/carers and families and other members of the integrated care team and statutory and voluntary agencies.
Working in partnership with other agencies, act as care manager for identified patients in order to prevent inappropriate hospital admission.
In collaboration with the wider integrated care team provide care planning, support, treatment and monitoring to patients on the general case load.
In collaboration with the Team Leader, manage resources effectively and advise on skill mix requirements for the team.
In collaboration with the Team Leader, assist with the management of team budgets.
Positively participate in and promote Clinical Governance, thus ensuring the highest quality of practice is maintained, within the service. Demonstrate the use of evidence based practice and participation in clinical audit.
In collaboration with the Team Leader assist with performance reviews within the team in order to contribute to team and corporate objectives, encouraging and supporting development of staff and maintenance of personal development plans.
Ensure team members undertake mandatory training requirements.
Duties Highlighted in Attached Documents
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse Level 1
* District Nurse degree or equivalent. (or a willingness to complete DN Qualification as directed by management)
* Experience of administration of Intravenous medications (or a willingness to complete training within an agreed timescale)
* Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber / Independent Prescriber
* Masters level study in long term conditions
* Mentorship qualification or equivalent
Experience
* Experience of working with Older people, Palliative Care, chronic disease
* Continuing professional knowledge and development.
* Experience of teaching and mentorship.
* Evidence of knowledge and experience of Case Management
* Change management and leadership skills
* Working in partnership with other healthcare providers, Social services etc
* Experience in the management of staff
* Experience of multidisciplinary working
* Mental Health Experience
* Experience of multidisciplinary team working and Case Management models
Skills and Knowledge
* Sound understanding of Primary care and multi agency working
* Awareness of the value of audit/research and evidence based practice
* Awareness of NHS issues
* IT
* Audit skills
* Evidence of ability to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels in multi-disciplinary forum and with users and carers.
* Able to organise and coordinate services in collaboration with, and in the absence of the District Nurse Team Leader
Personal Qualities
* Motivated and enthusiastic
* Willingness to learn new skills
* Flexibility
* Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence, or have access to an alternative means of transport.
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
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