Clinical Team Lead

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated leader to join our Community Nursing Service as a Team Lead.

As part of our evolving Neighbourhood Team model, you will play a pivotal role in leading multidisciplinary community teams to deliver high-quality, safe and effective care to patients in their own homes and local communities. You will provide visible leadership, operational oversight and professional support to a diverse workforce, ensuring services are responsive, person-centred and aligned to organisational priorities.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced leader who is passionate about developing people, driving service improvement and supporting teams through change. Working closely with clinical and operational colleagues, you will help shape the future of community services while maintaining a strong focus on quality, performance, staff wellbeing and patient experience.

If you are an inclusive and compassionate leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to delivering outstanding community care, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The Team Lead will provide visible operational and professional leadership to nursing teams working within community settings, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and person-centred care.

Main responsibilities include;

  • Providing visible leadership and support to staff, creating a positive team culture that promotes wellbeing, engagement and continuous improvement.
  • Managing workforce performance, recruitment, attendance, supervision and professional development.
  • Overseeing the day-to-day delivery of services, ensuring resources are effectively deployed to meet patient and service needs.
  • Working collaboratively with clinical, operational and multidisciplinary colleagues to coordinate care and improve outcomes for patients.
  • Monitoring quality, performance and patient experience, taking action to address risks, concerns and opportunities for improvement.
  • Leading and supporting service developments, quality improvement initiatives and organisational change programmes.
  • Ensuring compliance with professional, organisational and regulatory standards, maintaining a strong focus on patient safety and governance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current NMC registration
  • RGN
  • Mentorship Qualification
  • Educated to degree level or evidence of able to work at this level

Desirable

  • Qualification in District Nursing or equivalent

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of Leadership
  • Experience of working in service development

Knowledge

Essential

  • Appropriate demonstrable experience as a caseload holder
  • Innovative and dynamic

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent written skills
  • Excellent communication skills, being tactful and diplomatic
  • Ability to manage under pressure
  • Motivated, self reliant and approachable
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 9 August 2026

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