Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 361-7022057
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/06/2025
Employer heading
Nurse Team Manager - Acute Medical Service
NHS AfC: Band 7
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
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Manager - Acute Medical Service who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This is an exciting time to join acute Medical Division where we are incorporating Same Day Emergency Care Service, Short Stay Unit, Acute Assessment Units all into one footprint.
We are seeking an experienced Acute Medical Nurse Leader or AHP, who would like to experience and develop management skills in a busy Assessment Unit, and who can adapt to continually changing situations whilst promoting the highest quality patient care, working closely and collaboratively with the emergency department, to maintain timely and safe patient flow.
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
We are seeking an experienced Acute Medical Nurse or AHP who is ready to develop into a credible and knowledgeable leader of a busy Assessment Unit who can adapt to continually changing situations whilst promoting the highest quality patient care.
The successful candidate needs 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 maintaining high levels of safety and meeting national Emergency and Urgent care remits.
The post holder will be required to work a mix of long day and night shifts both clinically and supervisory, demonstrating sound clinical knowledge across multiple specialities.
Working for our organisation
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
• 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; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
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.
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
- 1 st level registration
- ILS
- Accident and emergency course
- Degree to Bsc level
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post registration
- Qualifications
- ALS provider
- PILS/ APLS
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post qualification experience
- Proven current experience as junior sister in the ED
Desirable criteria
- experince of managing staff sickness
- experience of managing complaints
Skills
Essential criteria
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of recent professional development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claudia Lewis
- Job title
- Acute Medical Unit Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385116067
- Additional information
If you require any further information regarding the post, please do not hesitate to contact Matron Claudia Lewis
07385116067
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