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Nurse Team Manager - Emergency Department
The closing date is 23 June 2025
We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Manager who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will be responsible for actively managing assessing and coordinating the provision of high-quality care daily to meet agreed departmental and professional standards.
This is a hugely exciting time to be joining the Emergency Department at East and North Herts Trust. We have recently launched an ambitious new build to facilitate the developments around GP streaming and delivery of an Urgent Treatment Centre and we see the senior nursing team as integral to the success of this programme.
We are seeking an experienced ED Nurse who is ready to develop into a credible and knowledgeable leader of a busy Emergency Department who can adapt to continually changing situations whilst promoting the highest quality patient care.
This post will require rotation on to night duty.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. 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 work in conjunction with the other Band 7 staff, provide leadership, advise, and support to the patients attending the department, the services provided by the department.
You will actively participate in staff appraisal, not only for themselves, but also for others, by setting objectives and learning outcomes in consultation with the Lead and Senior Nurse in working to the requirements of the NHS Plan.
You need to be an enthusiastic leader who is passionate about improving service delivery, which ensures we are meeting the needs of patients who require our service whilst meeting the national standards.
You will be required to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge relating to emergency care.
About us
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
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.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training:
* ILS
* Accident and emergency course
* Degree to Bsc level
* Grow together trainings and completion of team appraisal
* Qualifications
* ALS provider
* PILS/ APLS
Previous Experience
* Proven current experience as junior sister in the ED
* Experience of managing staff sickness
* Experience of managing complaints
* Experience in managing rosters
Skills
* Knowledge of current clinical and nursing developments.
* Demonstrates expert clinical skills
* Demonstrates evidence based practice.
* Competent within role to meet the individual needs of clients including cultural sensitivities, safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
* The ability to evolve within the role and lead and support colleagues during periods of change within the clinical setting.
* Evidence of recent professional development
* Experience with audit collection
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
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