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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Team Leader Community Nursing - Evenings and Nights Service

The closing date is 01 February 2026

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Job summary

If you are an enthusiastic, experienced Community Staff Nurse, this is an exciting opportunity to enhance and develop your leadership knowledge and skills within the dynamic role of a Community Nursing Deputy Team Leader.

This permanent position will see the successful candidate working alongside the District Nurse Team Leader, assisting in managing and leading a Community Nursing Team. In addition, you will work in collaboration with the wider Integrated Community Care/Primary Care services to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and patient focused planned and unplanned care at home.

Main duties of the job

  • In collaboration with the District Nurse Team Leader, lead and manage the Evenings and Nights Community Nursing Team, monitoring standards of care, delegating responsibilities and supervise team members as appropriate.
  • Develop and maintain appropriate communication systems. Working closely with patients/carers and families and other members of the integrated care team and statutory and voluntary agencies.
  • Working in partnership with other agencies, act as care manager for identified patients in order to prevent inappropriate hospital admission.
  • In collaboration with the wider integrated care team provide care planning, support, treatment and monitoring to patients on the general case load.
  • In collaboration with the Team Leader, manage resources effectively and advise on skill mix requirements for the team.
  • In collaboration with the Team Leader, assist with the management of team budgets.
  • Positively participate in and promote Clinical Governance, thus ensuring the highest quality of practice is maintained, within the service. Demonstrate the use of evidence based practice and participation in clinical audit.
  • In collaboration with the Team Leader assist with performance reviews within the team in order to contribute to team and corporate objectives, encouraging and supporting development of staff and maintenance of personal development plans.
  • Ensure team members undertake mandatory training requirements.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Details

Date posted

19 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-1283-DIR

Job locations

Northern General Hospital

Herries Road

Sheffield

S5 7AU


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse Level 1
  • District Nurse degree or equivalent qualification/experience (or a willingness to complete DN Qualification as directed by management)
  • Experience of administration of Intravenous medications (or a willingness to complete training within an agreed timescale)
  • Mentorship qualification or equivalent qualification/experience
  • To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998

Desirable

  • Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber / Independent Prescriber
  • Masters level study in long term conditions

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with; Older people, Palliative Care, chronic disease
  • Continuing professional knowledge and development.
  • Experience of teaching and mentorship.
  • Evidence of knowledge and experience of Case Management
  • Change management and leadership skills
  • Working in partnership with other healthcare providers, Social services etc
  • Experience in the management of staff
  • Experience of multidisciplinary working

Desirable

  • Mental Health Experience
  • Experience of multidisciplinary team working and Case Management models

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Sound understanding of Primary care and multi-agency working
  • Awareness of the value of audit/research and evidence-based practice
  • Awareness of NHS issues
  • IT skills
  • Audit skills
  • Evidence of ability to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels in multi-disciplinary forum and with users and carers.
  • Able to organise and coordinate services in collaboration with, and in the absence of the District Nurse Team Leader

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to an alternative means of transport
  • Motivated and enthusiastic
  • Willingness to learn new skills
  • Flexibility
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse Level 1
  • District Nurse degree or equivalent qualification/experience (or a willingness to complete DN Qualification as directed by management)
  • Experience of administration of Intravenous medications (or a willingness to complete training within an agreed timescale)
  • Mentorship qualification or equivalent qualification/experience
  • To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998

Desirable

  • Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber / Independent Prescriber
  • Masters level study in long term conditions

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with; Older people, Palliative Care, chronic disease
  • Continuing professional knowledge and development.
  • Experience of teaching and mentorship.
  • Evidence of knowledge and experience of Case Management
  • Change management and leadership skills
  • Working in partnership with other healthcare providers, Social services etc
  • Experience in the management of staff
  • Experience of multidisciplinary working

Desirable

  • Mental Health Experience
  • Experience of multidisciplinary team working and Case Management models

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Sound understanding of Primary care and multi-agency working
  • Awareness of the value of audit/research and evidence-based practice
  • Awareness of NHS issues
  • IT skills
  • Audit skills
  • Evidence of ability to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels in multi-disciplinary forum and with users and carers.
  • Able to organise and coordinate services in collaboration with, and in the absence of the District Nurse Team Leader

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Due to the requirement to undertake visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to an alternative means of transport
  • Motivated and enthusiastic
  • Willingness to learn new skills
  • Flexibility

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).

Additional information

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

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northern General Hospital

Herries Road

Sheffield

S5 7AU


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northern General Hospital

Herries Road

Sheffield

S5 7AU


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Community Nursing Operational Lead

Nicky Thorpe

nicky.thorpe@nhs.net

07896793565

Details

Date posted

19 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-1283-DIR

Job locations

Northern General Hospital

Herries Road

Sheffield

S5 7AU


Supporting documents

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