Team Lead - Rapid Response - Urgent Community Response Service
| Posting date: | 06 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 December 2025 |
| Location: | Rochdale, OL120NB |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7599904/236-RCO-NM647-25 |
Summary
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? Do you thrive in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment? We want you to lead the charge at Rochdale Infirmary, supporting residents of Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale (HMR).
About Us:
We are a vibrant, multi-disciplinary community team dedicated to delivering holistic, person-centred care. Our mission? To empower individuals to stay in their own homes and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. We’re committed to excellence, compassion, and innovation in community healthcare.
The Role:
As a full-time Band 7 Team Lead, you'll helm a talented team comprising advanced practitioners, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and community nurses. This is your chance to lead, inspire, and shape a service that truly makes a difference. We welcome applications from qualified nurses and allied health professionals ready for their next challenge.
What We Offer:
• A leadership role in a supportive, collaborative environment
• Regular supervision, competency training, and performance reviews
• Opportunities for Continued Personal Development and career growth
• The chance to be part of a pioneering team that goes above and beyond for every patient
Do You Have:
• Previous experience within a community team
• A passion for innovative, person-centred care
• The drive to lead and inspire others in a fast-paced setting
Exciting Opportunity! Join the Rapid Response Team as a Community-Based Team Lead
Are you passionate about community care and leading a dedicated team? We’re seeking a dynamic leader at Rochdale Infirmary to support residents of Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale (HMR).
As a Team Lead, you’ll manage staff, oversee rotas, recruitment, and supervise learners. You’ll monitor sickness absence, annual leave, and training, ensuring compliance with trust policies. You’ll play a key role in delivering the Hospital@Home service, ensuring timely, appropriate care is provided in patients’ own homes.
You’ll work closely with patients and carers to manage health needs, promote self-care, and develop personalized plans. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams—including NWAS, GPs, pharmacy, and the wider Neighbourhood Team—you’ll help shape high-quality, patient-centered services aligned with trust goals.
This role offers leadership, development opportunities, and the chance to make a real difference in people’s lives. If you have community healthcare experience, strong leadership skills, and a passion for proactive, person-centered care, we want to hear from you!
Join us and lead the future of community healthcare. Apply today!
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Thursday 20 Nov 2025
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