NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area: Emergency Medicine
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (days and nights, 24/7, 7 days a week cover)
Job ref: 361-6927342
Site: Lister Hospital
Town: Stevenage
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 24/02/2025
Here at East and North Hertfordshire 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.
Job overview
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 on a daily basis 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, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
Working in conjunction with the other Band 7 staff, provide leadership, advice, and support to the patients attending the department, and the services provided by the department.
You will actively participate in staff appraisal, not only for yourself 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, ensuring 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.
Working for our organisation
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
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.
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:
* ILS
* Accident and emergency course
* Degree to BSc level
* Grow together trainings and completion of team appraisal
* 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.
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 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.
When you apply...
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.
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As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly. This may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions. We strongly advise you to contact the line manager or a member of the Resourcing Team before applying to confirm if we will be able to support with sponsorship for that post.
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: Emergency Department Quality & Safety Lead Nurse
Email address: angelita.alcantara@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01438285946
If you require any further information regarding the post, please contact Matron Angelita Alcantara or Matron Lucy Pickersgill or Natasha Williams on 01438 285946.
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