Job overview
We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Manager - Elderly Care who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Nurse Team Manager will have overall responsibility for the operational management of clinical service delivery at ward level.
They provide specialist Care of the Elderly (COE) nursing care and expertise, both in delivering direct patient care and in support of other staff caring for the higher needs and dependency of our COE patients.
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
As the Nurse Team Manager, you will act as a role model for nursing excellence whilst ensuring the highest standards of safe, effective and compassionate care.
You will be expected to lead, support and develop the ward nursing team promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
The post holder will also show ability to manage resources effectively and ensure safe staffing levels are managed efficiently.
You will demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver excellent patient outcomes and take responsibility for clinical governance and quality improvements.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
* Registered nurse on part 1 or part 12 of the NMC register
* Mentorship & Assessor course- ENB 998 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of professional development and commitment to lifelong learning and to produce personal professional portfolio
* Leadership course post registration course
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Significant Post registration experience in the hospital setting
* Responsibility for management of staff
* Recent experience at band 7
Desirable criteria
* Relevant experience at Band 6 or equivalent within acute setting
* Significant experience and demonstrable knowledge of caring for complex medical patients.
* Demonstrate change management within team
* Budget management
Skills
Essential criteria
* Evidence of team management skills
* Utilisation of teaching skills
* Experience of Human resource issues relating to staff
* Evidence of excellent communication skills
* Ability to direct and work within a team
* Advanced organisational skills
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of involvement in audit and change processes related to audit
* Computer literacy
* Ability to lead and manage change Negotiation skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Wide knowledge of specialty and common general medical conditions and their management
* Good understanding of professional nursing issues
* Understanding of skill mix and workload patterns
* Awareness of health and safety legislation
* Awareness of clinical governance issues
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
* Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
* Role model our Trust values every day
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
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.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
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 Teaching 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. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. 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 understand the importance of balancing work and home life. 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.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. 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 resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
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.
We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.