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Deputy Team Lead District Nursing


Company : Transformationunitgm


Location : Ashington, England


Created : 2025-10-07


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Overview Main area Community Nursing. Grade Band 6. Contract 12 months (Secondment if internal candidate / Fixed term for one year if external). Hours Full time Part time Job share Flexible working 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working, Shift pattern 8am-4pm, 12am- 8pm, 8am-8pm). Job ref 319-7460032LH Employer: Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Employer type: NHS. Site: Lintonville District Nursing Team, Ashington. Salary: 38,682 - 46,580 pro rata per annum. Salary period: Yearly. Closing: 13/10/2025 23:59. Role Deputy Team Lead District Nursing Band 6 Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isnt, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this isthe Northumbria Way! What the Northumbria Way means for you : Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups A range of flexible working opportunities Generous annual leave and pension scheme Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies) Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank We are proud to be one of the countrys top performing NHS trusts rated outstanding overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and peoples homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services. We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect peoples lives, such as education, employment and the economy. If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news. Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic professional to join the Lintonville Community Nursing Team, to provide deputy leadership and management of the Community Nursing Team. The post requires a high level of clinical expertise which has been developed through experience in practice. We are dedicated to supporting continuing professional development and provide excellent leadership through mentorship, coaching and education for all grades of staff, to provide high quality patient care in line with Northumbria Healthcare Trusts Vision. As a deputy team lead the post holder will support the Team Lead to establish and maintain robust communication networks with patients, carers, team members, GPs and other professionals and agencies. You will act as a role model for the Community Nursing service, our patients and families exercising accountability for patient care in line the NMC code of professional conduct. You will work with the Team Lead to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries. Main duties of the job Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care packages for patients on their caseload which can include the analysis of clinical, social and family situations. To exercise accountability for patient care, as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and act within the policies of Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust. To support the Team Lead and in their absence be responsible for the planning and delivery of District Nursing services within a designated area, prioritising clinical need to provide holistic care. To be accountable for own practice working without direct supervision. To act as an advocate to empower individuals, their carers and their families to influence and use available resources. To carry out risk assessment and management of the physical environment to safeguard patients, staff and carers Promote effective use of Trust policy regarding infection control within the nursing team, the clinical setting and patients homes. Make referrals to other disciplines or agencies. Working for our organisation We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England. We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect peoples lives, such as education, employment and the economy. If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news. Certificate of Sponsorship Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay. Employer certification / accreditation badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. #J-18808-Ljbffr