Nursing Team Leader - Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom - Transformationunitgm

Description

Main area General surgery admissions Grade

NHS AfC:
Band 6
Contract Fixed term: 11 months (Secondment for internal applicants)

Hours Full time - 37.Employer East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £35,392 - £42,618 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/04/2024 23:59


NHS AfC:
Band 6

Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader - SAU who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Do you have a passion for caring for patients with surgical conditions. We are an 8 bedded unit with 10 chairs, based at Lister Hospital. We incorporate all surgical specialties.

The successful applicants will become part of a successful, friendly team that can support newly qualified nurses and enhance skills already gained.

The successful applicant's will be offered varied training opportunities and preceptorship.

To support the ward manager in the operational management of clinical service delivery at ward/acute level for all surgical patients.

Provide General Surgical nursing care and expertise, both in delivering direct patient care and in support of other staff caring for the higher needs and dependency of surgical patients.

The focus of this role is on providing appropriate intervention, support and clinical expertise to deliver a safe clinical pathway that promotes high quality care through role modelling, expert clinical skills, promoting best practice, facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration and providing education.

This includes proactive engagement and use for the enhanced recovery pathways for this group of patients.

Promote high standards of professional practice and the delivery of quality care within the corporate policies, protocols and guidelines.

Accountable for the delivery and monitoring of robust infection control measures at ward/department level, through ongoing vigilance by ensuring delivery of all aspects of the Infection Control Strategy.

Provide clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff.

At East and North Hertfordshire 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.

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

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; If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

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.

Experience at Band 5 or equivalent
Budget management
Responsibility for management of staff
Qualifications/training
Registered nurse on part 1 or part 12 of the NMC register.
Evidence of professional development and commitment to life long learning.
Proven knowledge of Gastroenterology and general surgery
Evidence of team management skills
Good understanding of professional nursing issues.
Awareness of health and safety legislation

We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community.

We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve.

In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

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Secondments/Fixed term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert.

If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments

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.

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