Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Band 6 Deputy Team Manager Hawthorns
The closing date is 24 November 2026
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Advert - Band 6 Deputy Team Manage
Hawthorns team
As a senior nurse you will be able to demonstrate good leadership skills, the ability to manage change in clinical practice and processes. You will also be able to demonstrate the ability to independently make sound clinical and leadership judgement and regularly supervise the workload of junior colleagues.
We are looking for people who are innovative, forward thinking, flexible and have strong leadership qualities.
Main duties of the job

• Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical practice.
• Excellent communication Analytical skills and a problem solving approach IT literate
• Awareness of the complex needs of a multicultural, socially diverse population.
• Leadership and interpersonal qualities.
• Effective time management
• Excellent organisational/ prioritisation skills and the ability to meet deadlines, often working with sensitive or contentious information within varying environments.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and implementation of NHS access targets.
• Understanding and knowledge of finance and performance management

About us
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
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Details
Date posted: 11 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 820-8327893-COM
Job locations: Hawthorns Team, Soho Road Health Centre, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9RY, United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Priority will be given to applicants who possess the District Nurse qualification or who are currently working towards this.
We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated nurses to join our teams; we provide integrated care to patients throughout Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust so the ideal candidate must be highly mobile and are able to travel throughout the Citys Boundaries.
The ideal candidates must be a good communicator, team player and have sound clinical knowledge being able to work independently and as part of a team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)
• Post Grad Degree or Evidence of relevant Degree level study (have gained if prescribing complete)
• Nurse Prescriber or willing to undertake Module within 12 months of employment.
• Mentor and assessor qualification or equivalent
• Evidence of continued professional development relevant to role
• District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification, or willing to work towards equivalent modules

Other
Essential

• Ability to work across various sites in Birmingham
• Willing to work flexible hours including weekends and Bank Holidays as part of a rota
• Needs to be independently mobile through out the organisation. This post is assessed as require a Car driver

Desirable

• Competent user of MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Patient Administration Systems.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Effective Team Member

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).
Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address: Hawthorns Team, Soho Road Health Centre, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9RY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Service Manager, Sommer Matthews, sommer.matthews@nhs.net, 07738121250
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