Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Emergency Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (End date 1/7/2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24 hour rotational shifts to cover day and nights)
- Job ref
- 361-7159125
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Nurse Team Leader - Children's Emergency Department
NHS AfC: Band 6
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will need to be flexible, enthusiastic and passionate about emergency care and be committed to improving service delivery and developing nursing practices for the children, young people and families who utilise our services.
The Children’s Emergency Department (CED) and Children’s Assessment Unit (CAU) are co-located units delivering all aspects of emergency care to approximately 29,000 children and young people per annum.
CAU is a 9 bedded unit and provides up to 24-hour care to children and young people who have been referred by a health professional for further assessment by a specialist doctor and or admission to hospital.
Within this area we also house an Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP) who see's children with a range of minor injuries and illnesses.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
To provide positive role modelling, clinical leadership and knowledge to facilitate, supervise and enable high, competent standards of safe, individualised, holistic, family centred care that is evidence based, in consultation and partnership with the child, their family/carers and the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), that recognises the distinct needs of children and young people and ensures the provision of privacy and dignity.
Assist in the safe, effective, efficient operational management of the department and nursing team, within allocated resources, undertaking delegated responsibility in the absence of the Ward/Dept Matron LD
Assist in the delivery and monitoring of robust infection control measures at ward/departmental level.
Assist in the delivery and monitoring of all quality indicators at ward/departmental level, including patient experience indicators and observation audits.
This post involves rotational duties over a 24-hour period.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- RSCN/RN Child with current NMC registration
- Teaching and Assessing qualification
- Evidence of ongoing dynamic professional development and application to practice
- EPLS, APLS or equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-registration experience in general Paediatrics
- Experience and evidence of effectiveness in co-ordinating and managing patient care
- Ability to prioritise, organise work load and delegate and supervise tasks appropriately
- Ability to analyse, resolve issues and make sound judgements on clinical issues, using initiative, whilst demonstrating an awareness of own limits
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of implementing and managing change
- Evidence of previous experience and efficacy in mentorship, teaching and assessing
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to lead and manage a team
- Advanced competency in nursing skills i.e. CPAP, Central line management, Advanced Paediatric Life Support
- IT skills
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable criteria
- Accredited appraisal skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Developed theoretical and practical knowledge of acute/chronic Paediatric care, Directorate, Trust and National policies
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Noleen Seale
- Job title
- Nurse Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 288813
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