Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Community Nursing Team Lead to play a key role in the success of our Community Nursing Teams. This leadership post is for an NMC-registered nurse with a Specialist Practitioner Qualification (SPQ) who demonstrates the Trust's values and behaviours.

You will lead, develop and operationally manage a designated Community Nursing Team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, person-centred care across a seven-day service. This includes managing capacity, prioritising visits and responding effectively to service pressures.

The role involves supervising, supporting and developing staff, promoting interdisciplinary working, professional development and lifelong learning. Working closely with the Clinical Lead and stakeholders, you will support service integration, maintain CQC standards, manage delegated budgets, oversee recruitment and retention, and ensure compliance with policies, performance targets and contractual requirements.

You will demonstrate strong communication skills, sound clinical judgement and the ability to manage risk, investigate incidents and complaints, and embed learning across the service.

You will maintain your own clinical competencies, NMC registration and professional portfolio while providing visible clinical leadership to teams managing complex caseloads.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate community nurse leader committed to service improvement and outstanding care.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical and operational leadership for a Community Nursing Team, ensuring high standards of safe, person-centred care.
• Manage day-to-day service delivery, including capacity planning, prioritisation of visits, seven-day service cover, and escalation of risks or pressures.
• Lead, supervise and develop staff through appraisal, performance management, clinical supervision, education and training.
• Recruit, retain and support staff wellbeing, attendance, and professional development.
• Ensure compliance with CQC, organisational policies, clinical governance, safeguarding, health and safety, and risk management requirements.
• Manage delegated budgets, resources and staffing efficiently.
• Maintain effective communication within the team and with internal and external stakeholders, positively representing the service.
• Investigate complaints, incidents and serious incidents, identifying root causes, implementing improvements and sharing learning.
• Contribute to service improvement, quality assurance, audits, data reporting and strategic development of community nursing services.
• Maintain professional registration, clinical credibility and ongoing personal and professional development in line with NMC standards.
• Provide clinical leadership, support and guidance for complex caseloads, triage and evidence-based community nursing practice.

About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Details
Date posted: 11 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £51,657 to £58,785 a year per annum ( Incl of HCAS)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 371-CHS1327
Job locations: Wokingham Hospital, 41 Barkham Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 2RE

Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:

• NMC Registered Nurse
• District Nursing Specialist Practice Qualification. (DNSPQ).
• Extensive Community Nursing experience.
• Evidence of leadership and management of a nursing team
• Evidence of continuous professional development

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Mark Phillips, Community Nursing Manager, on 07815485154 or email: mark.phillips@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification
Education, qualifications or training
Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse
• District Nursing Specialist Practice Qualification. (DNSPQ).

Desirable

• Advanced History Taking and Community Nursing Prescriber (V100/150/300)
• Teaching qualification.

Continuous Professional Development
Essential

• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Willingness to undertake further qualifications and develop expertise in identified areas

Previous Experience
Essential

• Extensive Community Nursing experience.
• Evidence of leadership and management of a nursing team
• Experience of coaching.

Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential

• Demonstrates wider and current competencies in clinical skills transferable to community setting.
• Creative and innovative approach to service development
• Demonstrates flexibility to deal with the needs of unscheduled services and able to prioritise workloads and work under pressure
• Able to motivate self and teams to manage change
• Ability to support staff to undertake operational and clinical and duties implementing evidence based practice
• Ability to influence and problem solve
• Works collaboratively with their counterparts from teams in other provider organisations to develop a seamless service
• Highly visible, approachable and able to motivate others
• Ability to communicate at all levels; utilising effective written, oral and presentation skills
• Reinforces the need to view users holistically and promote self-care and independence
• Develops strong interpersonal relationships, ensuring that staff are given the opportunity to develop and grow into roles; promoting succession planning, to meet the needs of the service
• Applies policies and procedures effectively to manage risk
• Manage performance and attendance through the application of HR processes
• Participation and leading in audit
• Able to utilise IT and various media in order to support data collection and produce databases, spread sheets and reports

Additional Requirements
Essential

• Able to demonstrate recent innovative practice
• Able to work flexibly across service areas to enhance quality of service provision
• Valid full UK licence with confidence to drive during unsocial hours and in unusual environments with use of car for work
• Able to work bank Holidays, weekends and unsocial hours to meet service need

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).

Employer details
Employer name: Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address: Wokingham Hospital, 41 Barkham Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 2RE
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Community Nursing Manager
Mark Phillips
mark.phillips@berkshire.nhs.uk
07815485154

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.