Nurse Team Leader – Female (Band 7 Equivalent)

Location: Fareham, Hampshire
Salary: £52,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time, Monday–Friday (40 hours per week) with optional weekend hours
Start Date: ASAP (subject to checks)
Driver Essential (automatic wheelchair‑adapted vehicle)

 Gender: Female

Benefits

• Sickness entitlement
• Pension (subject to eligibility)
• Free parking
• Free Enhanced DBS
• Employee Assistance Programme (legal, financial and wellbeing support)
• Comprehensive induction and ongoing clinical training
• Regular supervision and professional development
• Support from an experienced Case Manager and HR team

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Nurse Team Leader to join a dedicated care team supporting Verity, a woman in her mid‑40s living with an acquired brain injury in her own home.

Verity is a sociable, humorous individual who enjoys quizzes, films, theatre trips and special occasions. Whilst Verity does not communicate verbally, she expresses her needs and feelings through body language and facial expressions. Her family and support team play an important role in interpreting these cues to ensure her comfort and wellbeing. Verity is registered blind, so her care team describes her surroundings and activities to keep her fully engaged.

As Nurse Team Leader, you will deliver high‑quality clinical care, co-ordinate and lead Support Workers and work closely with Verity’s family, Case Manager and MDT to ensure her wellbeing and quality of life.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective nursing care at home and in the community
• Deliver clinical interventions including PEG feeding, suctioning, respiratory care, catheter care and pressure care
• Monitor Verity’s health and respond promptly to changes
• Lead, supervise and manage a team of Support Workers, ensuring high standards of practice
• Update care plans, maintain accurate records and oversee rota planning
• Support Verity with personal care, communication and social activities
• Contribute to ongoing training and ensure a positive team culture

Hours: Full-time – Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week (for example 28 hours care per week and 12 hours team admin to be worked flexibly), with the option to work additional hours at weekends.

Essential

• Female – personal care required
• Registered Nurse (RGN/RMN/RNLD) with current NMC registration
• Experience in complex care, brain injury or community nursing
• Confident leader with strong organisational and communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with the Case Manager, maintaining regular and effective communication to ensure cohesive client support.
• Must be able to work with specialist equipment (training will be provided). A Handling Management Plan is available and is designed to reduce the risk of handling injuries, but you may be required to bend, kneel, squat, push or pull.
•  Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the importance of maintaining confidentiality and to respect our client and their family's need for privacy.
• Compassionate, proactive and able to work collaboratively in a home environment
• Able to use clinical equipment (training provided)
• Full driving licence (endorsements to be disclosed and able to drive automatic vehicle)
• Flexible approach and able to work additional hours when required
• Good written communication and IT skills
• Comfortable around pets – the family have 1 small dog

Desirable

• Experience delivering therapy programmes
• Understanding of rehabilitation principles
• Experience managing specialist equipment
• Own vehicle

Safeguarding
ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our Clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our Clients’ employees and workers to share this commitment.  The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.  This position will require:

• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK;
• Satisfactory references, including your last employer;
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships and religion and belief.

Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance to paragraph 1, of the schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female or male worker to work with our client.