Community Respiratory Service Team Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a leadership opportunity for an experienced Respiratory Nurse to become a Band 7 Team Lead within a Community Respiratory Service. The role involves providing clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary team, driving service development, and leading quality improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will shape the future of respiratory care, ensuring exceptional patient-centred care for those with long-term respiratory conditions. It requires an ambitious, motivated, and innovative clinician passionate about improving services and empowering teams.
Key responsibilities
- Provide visible clinical and operational leadership to a dedicated multidisciplinary team.
- Oversee the day-to-day management and coordination of the service.
- Drive innovation, quality improvement, and pathway development within the service.
- Influence both operational delivery and strategic priorities to meet evolving patient needs.
- Champion high standards of patient-centred care and support staff development.
- Lead initiatives that enhance outcomes for people living with respiratory conditions.
Essential criteria
- Independent non-medical prescriber (V300)
- Degree/ Diploma in nursing studies
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)
- Professionally well qualified clinician with substantial experience of care management
- Experience of working in a senior clinical role (minimum band 6)
- Experience of working within community setting
- Experience of managing a team
- Proven clinical leadership
- Specialist training in relevant area
- Awareness of recent government policies and directives and the implications for community service delivery
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written. Able to demonstrate coherent report writing skills
- Knowledge of relevant governance systems and their influence on current practice
- Ability to manage own caseload and resources effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to review and audit current practice and implement appropriate change
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to prioritise workload for self and team
- Evidence of development of own skills within the scope of professional practice
- Evidence of innovative thoughts and actions
- Excellent assessment skills
- Ability to maintain accurate and contemporaneous records on all systems
- Ability to work in a multi - disciplinary partnership including 3rd sector organization
- Excellent IT skills with knowledge of and able to utilise: - Word, Outlook, Excel, and organisational information systems i.e. Systmone
- Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
Desirable criteria
- Clinical examination skills qualification
- Recognised teaching qualification
- COPD qualification
- Leadership qualification
- Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Community Respiratory Service Team Lead
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
Lead, Innovate, Inspire. Join Our Community Respiratory Service as a Band 7 Team Lead.
Are you an experienced Respiratory Nurse looking for your next leadership challenge? This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking Community Respiratory Service, where you will have the chance to shape the future of respiratory care and make a lasting difference to patients' lives.
We are seeking an ambitious, motivated and innovative clinician who is passionate about delivering exceptional patient-centred care. As our Band 7 Team Lead, you will provide visible clinical and operational leadership to a dedicated multidisciplinary team, supporting people living with long-term respiratory conditions to achieve the best possible outcomes within their own communities.
This influential role offers the opportunity to drive service development, lead quality improvement initiatives, champion workforce development and help shape the strategic direction of community respiratory services. You will inspire and support colleagues, foster a culture of excellence and innovation, and ensure the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care.
If you are a dynamic leader with a passion for improving respiratory services and empowering teams to de
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