Nurse Team Leader - SAU | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6079051/361-PLN-6079051 |
Summary
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.
Are you a Registered Nurse looking to aspire into a new role as a Nurse Team Leader. Do you have a passion for caring for patients with surgical conditions. If so, this is the role for you!
We are looking for enthusiastic staff nurses to join our friendly team. 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.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
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.
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 understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. 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.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Friday 26 Apr 2024