Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Department
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-7338220
- 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
- 04/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Nurse Team Leader - 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 Nurse Team Leaders who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Are you an experienced nurse ready for a new challenge in a fast-paced, dynamic environment? Join our team in the Emergency Department at Lister Hospital.
We are seeking for motivated ED and ward nurses to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care to individuals requiring further observation, assessment, or treatment. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team, contributing to clinical decisions, patient recovery, and timely discharge.
Bring your expertise, compassion, and commitment to make a real difference in patient care.
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
The post holder will be responsible for the shift co-ordination of one of the key areas within the emergency department e.g. Streaming and Triage, Ambulance Handover, Resus, Majors and CDU.
You will ensure that patient care is of the highest possible standard and provide advice and support to all staff working in the area.
You will be responsible for the development, monitoring and auditing of standards for use in the clinical area.
You will ensure that care delivered in the clinical area is of the highest quality, supported by research and in accordance with local and national policies, procedures and guidelines.
The successful candidate will collaborate with other key staff in the clinical group, maintain effective use of bed availability by timely and effective admission and discharge.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and 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 and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and 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.
Please note that the Trust cannot provide sponsorship.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- ILS
- Post registration course in teaching/assessing and mentorship
- A&E/ Emergency Care course or equivalent
- Degree to BSc level
- Relevant post registration qualifications
- TILS
Desirable criteria
- ALS provider
- ATNC attendance
- ATLS attendance
- Practice Assessor and Supervisor
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in an ED department
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Experience of assessing and teaching pre-registration students
- Experience in supporting and developing unregistered nurses
- Currently working in an acute environment within the NHS
- Nurse in charge/Management experience
Desirable criteria
- Commitment to learning
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Computer literate
- Flexible
- Time management skills
- Ability to work within a team
- Sound organisational skills
- Ability to work alongside staff and influence change
- Excellent clinical skills
- Leadership skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to be adaptive and responds well in times of stress
- Streaming and triage skills
- The ability to evolve within the role and lead and support colleagues during periods of change within the clinical setting
- Competent within the role to meet individual needs of clients including cultural sensitivities, safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of progression and development in ED and acute medicine skills
- Grow Together trained
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
- Angelita Alcantara
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 285946
- Additional information
Please contact Lucy Pickersgill or Natasha Williams or further information. Please note that the Trust cannot provide sponsorship.
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