NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area Emergency Department Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Job share
37.5 hours per week (2 shifts as Nurse in charge (combination of long days and/or nights) and 2 shifts as Practice Development Facilitator (08:00-16:00) Job ref 361-7627459
Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 11/12/2025 23:59 Interview date 23/12/2025
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
Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:
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.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Practice Development Facilitator who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced nurse to be the Practice Development Facilitator and Band 7 Nurse in charge to join our dynamic Emergency Department team.
This is a dual role to - 22.5 hrs/week Band 7 Nurse in Charge and 15 hrs/week Practice Development Facilitator.
The successful candidate will work collaboratively with team members to support the training, development, and competency progression of ED staff across all levels, from newly recruited Band 5 Registered Nurses to Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Clinical Support Workers.
You will provide expert guidance based on your experience in caring for critically ill or emergency patients.
You will play an integral role in the educational development team, supporting staff in delivering high-quality patient care while promoting continuous professional development.
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
Training & Development: Identify the training needs of ED staff, including newly recruited Band 5 Registered Nurses, Band 6 & 7 Nurses, EMTs, and Clinical Support Workers, and provide tailored support to enhance their skills and knowledge.
Competency Frameworks: Assist in the development and implementation of competency frameworks for Band 5 & 6 Registered Nurses, as well as EMTs, ensuring staff are supported in achieving and maintaining the required competencies.
Support & Mentorship: Offer ongoing support to staff in completing competency frameworks, identifying additional support where necessary to ensure successful outcomes.
Staff Transition Support: Facilitate the transition and professional development of newly recruited Band 5 Nurses, helping them integrate into the ED environment effectively.
Collaboration & Partnership: Work closely with specialist nurses, HR, and other departments to drive the development of staff, ensuring that training and development initiatives are aligned with best practices and organisational needs.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire 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 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 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
* Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
* Post registration course in teaching/assessing and mentorship
* Teaching/Attendance of TILS, ALS, ILS
* Manchester Triage Sign Off
* Acute/Emergency Course or Equivalent
* Teaching qualification
* ATNC
Previous Experience
* Emergency Department or Acute Medicine Experience
* Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to learning
* Experience of assessing and teaching
* Evidence of supporting registered and unregistered staff
* Teaching/Classroom experience
Skills
* Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
* IV trained and competency signed off
* Ability to work within a team and autonomously
* Recognising / managing acutely unwell patients
* Cannulation and phlebotomy skills
* Leadership and Management skills/experience
* Streaming/MTS trained
* Excellent clinical skills
* Plastering, Wound management skills
Knowledge
* Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
* Awareness of current national issues within the NHS
* Awareness on recent NHS England’s drive to improve 4 hour performance for patient safety
Other Requirements
* Role model our Trust values every day
* Awareness of Trust Policies and guidelines particularly infection prevention and control and Uniform Policy
When you apply...
Please note we do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts. This means even if you have the right to work currently but will require a new sponsorship to work for our Trust your application will not be considered.
Vacancies may close earlier than the advertised closing date where a high volume of applications are received. We therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid missing out on the opportunity to join the Trust or develop your career with us.
While we recognise that AI can support in drafting an application, you are encouraged to clearly demonstrate your personal skills, experience and behaviours that align with the role, and this is usually best done in your own words. We reserve the right to review all applications for the use of AI tools and where this is inconsistent with our values and standards of behaviour your application may be rejected
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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.
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.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Angelita Alcantara
Job title ED Matron
Email address angelita.alcantara@nhs.net
Telephone number 01438285946
Additional information
You may also contact Lucy Pickersgill at lucy.pickersgill@nhs.net
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