Frailty Nurse Team Leader

An exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated registered nurse to join our Community Frailty Hub team. The successful post holder will work as a dynamic and proactive practitioner supervising a team of nurses and health support workers with the support from the clinical lead within the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) of the City. You will be based in the community, working collaboratively as part of our Frailty Hub MDT supporting the team and conducting proactive nurse led Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments to people living with Frailty in York, to support them to live well for longer in their own homes. You will also work as part of the Complex Frailty INT in which we work closely with patients with complex needs. The service brings together Primary Care, specialist frailty clinicians, and wider health and wellbeing partners to deliver a coordinated 9-month intervention, focused on stabilising health, reducing risk of crisis, and supporting people to live well in their own homes. This role can be either full or part time.

Main duties of the job:

• Support and lead nurses and healthcare support workers to deliver high-quality, compassionate frailty care within a multidisciplinary team.
• Coordinate personalised patient care, ensuring accurate assessments, safeguarding, and evidence-based interventions.
• Promote quality, safety, and continuous improvement through audits, incident learning, and adherence to governance standards.
• Contribute to staff development, team wellbeing, and collaborative working with healthcare and community partners.

Please note that there is no sponsorship available for this role and you will require a full right to work in the UK. Nimbuscare is a GP-led provider organisation delivering urgent care, community services and neighbourhood-based models of care across York and North Yorkshire. We exist to improve patient outcomes, reduce health inequalities and support the sustainability of primary and community care through collaboration, innovation and strong system partnerships.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this job are guaranteed an interview.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: Registered Nurse (RN) with current NMC registration. Teaching, assessing or mentoring qualification.
• Skills and Abilities: Strong coordination and supervisory skills. Excellent clinical assessment and decision-making skills. Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Strong organisational and time-management skills. IT skills, confident in Microsoft Applications. Compassionate, empathetic, and patient-centred approach to care. Proactive in problem-solving and continuous improvement. Ability to manage complex patient cases with professionalism and confidence. Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing situations.
• Experience: Previous experience in a senior role or as a nurse team lead. Leadership or management qualification or equivalent experience.
• Desirable: Experience working with frailty patients or in a multidisciplinary team.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

We are an equal opportunities employer.