Community Nurse Team Leader - Ledbury (INTERNAL)
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Wye Valley NHS Trust
Community Nurse Team Leader - Ledbury (INTERNAL)
The closing date is 22 November 2026
Job summary
Internal Applicants Only
We are the Ledbury District Nursing Team, a dedicated team providing excellent planned and unplanned nursing care to patients in their own homes. We aim to deliver high quality care to improve health & wellbeing and to support our patients to remain living at home. We pride ourselves in being hard-working, supportive, friendly & flexible.
We currently have a part time Team Lead post available and are seeking seeking a colleague who shares our passion for caring for people in their own homes, strives towards excellence in community nursing and with a keen interest in service development and quality improvement. We're keen to recruit a colleague with community nursing and leadership experience and the right values and behaviours to help us deliver our Trust priorities.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the overall management of the team caseload and the rota. Ensuring the right skill mix and workforce development are key elements of the role.
You will lead on recruitment, training and reporting supported by the Community Nursing Matron and General Manager. You will undertake some clinical work in a wide range of nursing interventions.
This roles requires you to have excellent organisational skills, an ability to build relationships with internal and external colleagues and an appetite for innovation. You should be able to evidence the ability to lead and motivate others and be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Good IT skills are a must!
Whilst we value the Specialist Practitioner Qualification (SPQ), we will consider applications from those without it, but may have something at an equivalent level/relevant experience. It is the leadership ability that we need to support the team and our patients.
It includes working weekends and bank holidays as part of a rota and late shifts until 8pm. You must be able to drive and have access to a car. There are opportunities for lease cars.
If you have the right values for the WVT you will be supported by a programme of continuous training and development. The position offers opportunities to get involved in Quality Improvement & audits.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
06 November 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year
pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
229-IC-8385203
Job locations
Ledbury Community Hospital
Ledbury
HR8 2AQ
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- RN qualification registration part 1 of the NMC register
- DN specialist Practitioner Degree recorded with the NMC
- Non- medical prescriber recorded with the NMC
Desirable
- Masters level health assessment module
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Teaching and developing of educational packages for nurses other HCPs and patients
- Collaborative organisational skills
- Effective MDT working
- IT skills
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable excellence in District Nursing as a caseload holder
- Participation in clinical audit and service development
- Experience of leading a team
Education & Qualification
Essential
- RN qualification registration part 1 of the NMC register
- DN specialist Practitioner Degree recorded with the NMC
- Non- medical prescriber recorded with the NMC
Desirable
- Masters level health assessment module
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Teaching and developing of educational packages for nurses other HCPs and patients
- Collaborative organisational skills
- Effective MDT working
- IT skills
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable excellence in District Nursing as a caseload holder
- Participation in clinical audit and service development
- Experience of leading a team
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).
Additional informationDisclosure 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).
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Ledbury Community Hospital
Ledbury
HR8 2AQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Ledbury Community Hospital
Ledbury
HR8 2AQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Matron
Amanda Spooner
07966595605
Details
Date posted
06 November 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year
pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
229-IC-8385203
Job locations
Ledbury Community Hospital
Ledbury
HR8 2AQ
United Kingdom
Supporting documents
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