Senior Community Lead Nurse


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Leigh on sea, SS9 3NG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	15 Aug 2026
Closing date:	28 Aug 2026

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Summary

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Demonstrate an awareness of national and local policies that affect health and wellbeing of patients with complex medicalconditions. In addition, ensure team members are aware of new policy requirements. Lead on or contribute to the development of community nursing policies, procedures and guidelines ensuring they are implemented and monitored. To ensure learning from audits and complaints are cascaded to appropriate staff, which may influence service policies, guidelines and procedures. To take an active interest in working parties and groups in the Trust to develop and improve on service delivery, protocols and guidelines To champion and participate in team, PCN, directorate and initiatives as required with a specific focus on the implementation of the out of hospital model of care and development of locality virtual integrated teams. Ensures the effective and efficient use of resources e.g. staff supplies within their own sphere of responsibility. Comply with the EPUT standing financial instructions, standing orders, policies and Code of Conduct for NHS Managers. Support the Head of Community Nursing with regard to service reviews as necessary for the role, including value for money exercises, to ensure efficient use of all resources and ensuring the most appropriate person undertakes tasks/care. Responsibility for the supervision and co-ordination of staff within the community nursing team on a daily basis. Conducts appraisals for the community nurses within locality. To support the learning and development of others including students and newly qualified nurses undergoing preceptorship. Identify workforce-planning issues and actively participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of clinical staff. To participate in the development of performance management systems towards monitoring sickness absence, annual leave and bank usage and take appropriate action as necessary Implements, monitors and maintains agreed standards of care, reporting to Matron/Head of service when standards are not of an acceptable level.

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