Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-6378884
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/07/2024
Employer heading
Nurse Team Leader -11A Respiratory
NHS AfC: Band 6
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 Leader - 11A Respiratory who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate good effective leadership styles and is effective in managing teams, as well as ensuring that all patient quality indicators are achieved as well as providing support in a very busy multi-disciplinary environment to staff in order for them to obtain there competencies along with the relevant skills.
Provide excellent shift leadership and management of the designated ward/department when on duty, and lead a team of staff, in order to carry out delivery of care to a complex group of patients.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the senior team in respiratory to deliver effective high quality safe patient centered care and will, when required, rotate between the respiratory support Unit and the ward as service needs dictate to gain invaluable experience participating in the respiratory environment.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
You will support the continuing education, training and professional development for the respiratory staff, to promote the acquisition of new skills and knowledge ensuring that nursing staff acquire and maintain the professional standards and competencies when caring for people.
Act as a role model and provide supervision and leadership to nursing staff under the guidance of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurses ensuring high standards of patient care at all times challenging and ensuring others challenge poor practise.
You will act in such a way as to promote a positive image of the Trust at all times and as such may need to represent the Sister/Charge Nurse with key stakeholders to promote this.
Working for our organisation
At East & 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
- 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 understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
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
Essential criteria
- Relevant post registration education
- Mentorship
Desirable criteria
- To be a sign off mentor
- Working towards relevant degree or qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in caring for patients with respiratory conditions
- Experience of working in a respiratory support unit or HDU
- Experience of caring for patients requiring non invasive ventilation.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of undertaking research
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal skills
- Multidiscaplinary working
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership skills
knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates knowledge of caring for patients with respiratory conditions
- Understanding of quality related issues
- computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Motivated to take on increasing responsibilities
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
- Vanessa Grinstead
- Job title
- ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 286135
- Additional information
Senior Sister Vanessa Grinstead on 01438 286135 ( direct line) .
or senior sister Suzanne Gilroy on 01438 285437
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