Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Children's Community Nursing Team Leader

The closing date is 01 December 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader in the Children's Community Nursing team. The post holder will be responsible for the clinical and professional leadership/management of the Children's Community Nursing Team to ensure safe and effective care delivery across North Tyneside and Northumberland.

Additionally, applicants will be required to demonstrate proven skills in the management of staff, together with significant clinical experience.

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical/operational management of the Children's Community Nursing team

To manage nurses, nursing assistants and others within the Children's Community Nursing team

To manage the pay and non-pay budget for the Children's Community Nursing team

To provide nursing care to an advanced level.

To provide nursing care to a caseload of patients and to provide verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?

Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted

17 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7518383LH

Job locations

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for coordinating the provision of continuous clinical care within allocated resources, providing a quality service and high clinical standards for all patients in your area.

To be responsible for the management of all human resources issues relating to the staff employed in your area.

To act as Budget Holder, accountable for the management of the Children's Community Nursing budget, and for the management of the team's charitable fund.

To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC code of Professional Conduct.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/ departments and across organizational boundaries.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for coordinating the provision of continuous clinical care within allocated resources, providing a quality service and high clinical standards for all patients in your area.

To be responsible for the management of all human resources issues relating to the staff employed in your area.

To act as Budget Holder, accountable for the management of the Children's Community Nursing budget, and for the management of the team's charitable fund.

To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC code of Professional Conduct.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/ departments and across organizational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Registration

Essential

  • 1st Level Registered Nurse Child Branch (Part 15)
  • Registered Mentor

Desirable

  • ENB 730
  • Degree in Community Specialist Practice qualification
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive skills in nursing children with complex health needs
  • Previous experience at Band 6 or equivalent level
  • LEO or equivalent experience
  • Experience of relevant specialty
  • Evidence of managing change in a ward/dept area

Desirable

  • Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
  • oKnowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Person Specification

Qualifications & Registration

Essential

  • 1st Level Registered Nurse Child Branch (Part 15)
  • Registered Mentor

Desirable

  • ENB 730
  • Degree in Community Specialist Practice qualification
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive skills in nursing children with complex health needs
  • Previous experience at Band 6 or equivalent level
  • LEO or equivalent experience
  • Experience of relevant specialty
  • Evidence of managing change in a ward/dept area

Desirable

  • Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
  • oKnowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

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

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Modern Matron

Nadia Conway

nadia.conway@nhct.nhs.uk

07814591133

Details

Date posted

17 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7518383LH

Job locations

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ


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