Job summary
Are you ready to lead, inspire, and make a real impact in community nursing? We're looking for a passionate and forward-thinking Team Leader to join our dedicated community nursing service.

In this exciting role, you'll take the lead in managing and motivating a skilled nursing team, ensuring the delivery of exceptional, patient-centred care. You'll champion health promotion, empower shared decision-making with patients and carers, and work closely within a dynamic multidisciplinary team to help individuals achieve their full health potential.

As a key clinical leader, you'll oversee a diverse caseload, guiding your team to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care. You'll play an essential role in supporting patients with both acute and long-term conditions, monitoring their progress, evaluating treatment responses, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, and promoting proactive, preventative care.

You'll also collaborate closely with our IV Therapy service in the Community, bringing specialist insight to enhance pathways and outcomes.

If you're motivated by innovation, passionate about community healthcare, and eager to support patients to live their best lives at home, then this is your opportunity to shine.

Main duties of the job
What you'll be doing as part of our dynamic community nursing team:

• Lead with excellence by upholding the highest professional standards in line with the NMC Code of Practice and all relevant guidelines
• Deliver holistic, high-quality care by assessing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating personalised interventions for every patient
• Champion person-centred care by ensuring every patient on the caseload has a comprehensive, holistic care plan that is consistently followed by the team
• Communicate with impact, building strong, compassionate relationships with patients, carers, and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure an individualised approach at every stage
• Drive continuous improvement by actively reviewing the effectiveness of nursing care and leading on any actions required to enhance outcomes
• Support high-quality Integrated Community Nursing services for a defined population, contributing to the Trust's delivery plan and meeting key national targets
• Shape the future of care by staying informed of Trust policies and actively contributing to the development and review of policies and procedures
• Use your clinical expertise as a Nurse Prescriber, keeping up to date with regular training and prescribing safely and appropriately within the recommended formulary

About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack

Details
Date posted: 29 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 236-UEC-NM811-26-A

Person Specification
Qualifications & Professional Registration
Essential

• Degree / Diploma in Nursing studies or equivalent
• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)

Desirable

• V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards

Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential

• Experience of Case / Care management within a Community Nursing Team
• Able to provide a high standard of evidence-based care that is responsive to the needs of patients and carers
• Ability to organise staffing rotas and manage teams effectively
• Ability to manage staff and difficult situations
• Experience of using IT Clinical Management Systems

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to supervise and motivate team members
• IT Skills
• Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs

Desirable

• Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes

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: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Textile Hall, Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 0DG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Senior Sister Joanne Duxbury, J.Duxbury@bury.gov.uk, 01612536292

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