Integrated Community Team Lead
Company: Hywel Dda University Health Board
Job ID: H9100-26-1182
Closing date: 21 October 2026

Job summary
Are you a passionate and experienced nurse leader ready to make a real difference? Join our Integrated Community Team and play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care, shaping services, supporting teams, and improving outcomes for patients in their own homes and communities.

Applicants must be a Registered Nurse in possession of their Specialist Practice Award in District Nursing (postgraduate) qualification. Additionally, candidates must either hold or be willing to pursue a relevant Masters qualification.

The successful applicant will manage and lead a team of community nurses, ensuring the seamless and safe delivery of 7 day a week community nursing care to a large caseload of acute and chronically ill patients. There is a minimum requirement for a highly flexible and enthusiastic approach to this challenging role as well as an ability to travel between sites in a timely manner.

The post is based with the North Coastal Integrated Community Team based in Fishguard Health Centre, although the post-holder may be required to work across both North and South Pembrokeshire Localities to meet the needs of the Service.

Main duties of the job

• Accountable for management of nursing caseload to include leading/developing core nursing establishment in delivering compassionate, high quality, patient-centred nursing care, providing fair, honest and measured people management.
• Provide professional nursing leadership with support/guidance (in line with NMC standards).
• Provide expert clinical advice/intervention on specialist complex issues within own field and undertake management/monitoring activities in line with legal/professional requirements, statutory rules and Health Board policies relating to evidence-based practice.
• Responsible for efficient management of allocated budget effectively deploying the nursing team, utilising allocated resources to timely raise financial expenditure concerns to appropriate personnel.
• Ensure complex needs of patients with multiple pathologies and families are addressed in a sensitive/empathic manner including supporting the assessment/implementation/re-evaluation of continuing health care packages of care.
• Work/communicate effectively as a member of senior clinical/nursing leadership team, collaborating with other Team Leads and Clinical Lead Nurse, including deputising for Clinical Lead Nurse when required.

About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

Details
Date posted: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £50,129 to £57,365 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 100-NMR297-1026
Job locations: Fishguard Health Centre, Fishguard, SA65 9BT, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge - Essential

• Registered Nurse (Part 1)
• Current NMC Registration
• Bachelor degree (or equivalent experience)
• Specialist Practice Award in District Nursing (post graduate)
• Bronze IQT
• Teaching/Coaching qualification (or equivalent experience)
• Knowledge of legislation pertinent to role

Qualifications and Knowledge - Desirable

• Recognised management qualification
• Recognised leadership qualification
• Masters degree in pertinent subject

Experience - Essential

• Proven and relevant experience at Band 6 within a community setting
• Appropriate experience within specialty and able to demonstrate sound knowledge of relevant specialty
• Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of NMC Code (2018)
• Proven post-registration experience and evidence of coordinating and managing a team of staff.
• Able to demonstrate an awareness of professional issues and developments.
• Evidence of leadership skills
• Experience of working in a multi-professional environment
• Experience in budget management
• Experience of effective staff management
• Experience of mentoring pre-registration nursing/midwifery students
• IT skills
• Good knowledge of information governance/data protection requirements

Experience - Desirable

• Experience of working in a Band 7 role
• Understanding of financial and resource management processes

Language skills - Desirable

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

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.

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