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Nurse Team Leader / Senior Operating Department Practitioner
The closing date is 08 May 2026
We are recruiting for a Band 6 ODP/Anaesthetic Nurse Team Leader in Main Theatres/Treatment Centre, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Theatres are expanding their services to include elective patient admission and recovery, as well as a continued emergency service for the Trust. Our team is available 24/7, 365 days a year, so candidates must be able to work evenings, nights, on calls, bank holidays, and weekends, as part of a rotating schedule with other team members.
If you are interested in developing your leadership skills and want to be part of our team, we encourage you to apply.
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
The post holder will provide clinical leadership to a team of Anaesthetic Nurses/ODPs within the Theatre environment to the highest possible standard.
You will assume responsibility for the operational management of staff and resources in the absence of the Team Leader.
The successful candidate will need to act as a role model and create an environment that promotes excellence in Theatre practice and empowers staff to develop high levels of clinical skills.
You will also have a duty to supervise within a specific area and participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of staff.
About us
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
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.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Experience
* High level clinical skills and knowledge
* Participation in formulation of procedures to ensure best practice
* Teaching and assessing
* Must have either the ODP qualification or Nurses must have additional formal post basic training
Skills
* Ability to work and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team setting
* Basic knowledge of computer skills
* Developing leadership/supervisory skills
* Ability to lead and motivate a group of staff with varying abilitiesAdministration of IV drugs
* IV cannulation
Qualifications/Training
* Registered Nurse or Registered ODP
* Registration with NMC/HCPC
* Evidence of continuing professional development
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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