District Nurse Team Lead / Community Nursing Team Lead- Banstead PCN in Epsom

An opportunity has arisen to join the Banstead PCN team as a Band 7 Community Nursing Team lead on a full‑time (37.5 hours per week). The successful candidate will be welcomed into an established community nurse team who work closely with members of the wider multidisciplinary team across the PCN and across Surrey Downs Health and Care. We have a strong focus on staff support and development, encouraging opportunities for further learning. We want to challenge traditional boundaries and barriers, bringing care to patients when and where they need it, and work alongside motivated, passionate and visionary colleagues.

The District Nurse Team Lead and Community Nursing Team Lead roles within Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) are Band 7 leadership positions responsible for delivering high‑quality, person‑centred care in the community. The role involves leading and managing a community nursing team, overseeing the assessment, planning, and implementation of care, ensuring staff development, maintaining professional standards, and contributing to clinical governance and risk management strategies. Both positions are identical in core duties—promoting integrated care, supporting workforce planning, change management, managing resources, and participating in KPIs and audits. Both roles emphasize respect, collaboration, safeguarding, and high delivery of care to patients and staff.

To provide leadership within the District Nursing Team and be responsible for the assessment of needs of the patient and the development, implementation and evaluation of a programme of care within agreed standards. The post holder will undertake facilitation of educational programmes for basic, post‑basic and in‑service training, in close liaison with the Learning and Development Team. To lead and facilitate patient‑focused, innovative research‑based practice, in line with Surrey Downs Health and Care objectives.

Main duties of the job:

• Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model to all staff, both internal and external on behalf of Surrey Downs Health and Care, taking the lead and developing services in line with the needs of the patient.
• Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times.
• Be accountable for assessments and care planning, and prescribing appropriately for the patient group, supporting, informing and educating family/carers.
• Promote the health of patients and the provision of support and advice; be responsible for planning cover, appropriate staffing and skill mix ensuring adequate cover at all times.
• Provide specialist knowledge and advice to influence the Surrey Downs Health and Care strategic agenda.
• Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to procedures.
• Identify workforce planning issues and actively participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of clinical staff.
• Provide support and an appropriate learning environment for both pre and post registration students as required.
• Be responsible for ensuring that policies and procedures and standards of care are adhered to at all times.
• Manage effectively and efficiently any budget that is within the remit of this post.
• Participate in research and development opportunities as appropriate.
• Provide assistance with the resolution of complaints within the clinical specialty, or sphere of responsibility.
• Have the ability to negotiate and work effectively across all agencies for maximum effectiveness of care.
• Be aware of and act upon procedures that are in place to protect vulnerable individuals when necessary.
• Lead and implement the SDH&C Clinical Governance Strategy within your practice area, facilitating and instigating clinical audit and monitoring of care.
• Lead and implement the SDH&C Risk Management Strategy within your practice area, ensuring that all processes are adhered to and maintaining own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines.
• Undertake any other duties that may be required from time to time in a manner that is consistent with the responsibilities of the post.
• Be responsible for individual timely data entry and responsible for the corporate team’s data entry.
• This post holder is employed to work within Surrey Downs Health and Care localities and may be reasonably requested to move base temporarily or on a more permanent basis, as requested by service needs.

Qualifications:

• NMC Registration
• Educated to Level 6
• Advanced physical assessment course / District Nurse qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development, with courses relevant to area of work
• Teaching Qualification
• Management qualification/courses and/or willingness to work towards Nurse prescribing qualification appropriate to role

Experience:

• Experienced mentor at pre and post registration level
• Experience of nurse leadership and management
• Experience of appraisal and clinical supervision
• Experience of developing strategies, clinical guidelines and policies

Skills:

• Critical analysis skills
• Ability to assess and deliver, evaluate and benchmark quality care
• Ability to deal with conflict in a professional manner
• IT skills and timely data entry

Other:

• Car owner with clean UK Licence
• Innovative and flexible
• Team player

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.