Job overview

The District Nursing service in Sandwell is looking to recruit a District Nurse Team Leader to manage our Red District Nursing Team based in Rowley Regis. Our District Nursing service is made up of 7 teams across the borough and you will be working alongside fellow Team Leaders, Matrons', Community Matrons, Practice Education Leads alongside the main functions of the team such as Clinical Leads, Staff Nurses', HCA's, Nurse Associates and wider members of the MDT. 

The District Nurse Team Leader will lead the team of 20+ members of staff and be the overall caseload holder of the population in the local area requiring housebound Nursing care. The Team Leader will be a role model for junior members of staff and exert leadership skills whilst striving to maintain a well performing team which achieves against it's KPI targets. It is an exciting time to be joining the District Nursing service with the formation of Town Teams' and the prospect of further developments in the service in the years to come.

This role is full time, with weekend and late shift working on a rota basis. You will require a driving licence with access to a vehicle to be utilised for work purposes. 

Main duties of the job

Lead the District Nursing team to deliver well rounded quality care to a cohort of housebound patients' or to patient's in a clinic setting. You will work closely alongside various members of the MDT on operational and clinical work. You will be managing a team of around 20+ members of staff from Clinical Leads to Healthcare Assistants. You will be the overall caseload holder for around 450 patients'. You will be able to demonstrate core trust values whilst ensuring your team delivers on local, trust wide and national initiatives and KPI's. 

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Multi-site working 

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond". 

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.