East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Nurse Team Manager - Acute Medical Service

The closing date is 29 May 2025

Job summary

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 incorporatingSame 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.

About us

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:

o The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

o New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

o Hertford County, Hertford

o 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.

Details

Date posted

15 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

361-7022057

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training:

Essential

  • 1 st level registration
  • ILS
  • Accident and emergency course
  • Degree to Bsc level

Desirable

  • Relevant post registration
  • Qualifications
  • ALS provider
  • PILS/ APLS

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post qualification experience
  • Proven current experience as junior sister in the ED

Desirable

  • experince of managing staff sickness
  • experience of managing complaints

Skills

Essential

  • 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

  • Evidence of recent professional development
Person Specification

Qualifications/Training:

Essential

  • 1 st level registration
  • ILS
  • Accident and emergency course
  • Degree to Bsc level

Desirable

  • Relevant post registration
  • Qualifications
  • ALS provider
  • PILS/ APLS

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post qualification experience
  • Proven current experience as junior sister in the ED

Desirable

  • experince of managing staff sickness
  • experience of managing complaints

Skills

Essential

  • 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

  • Evidence of recent 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Acute Medical Unit Matron

Claudia Lewis

Claudia.lewis@nhs.net

07385116067

Details

Date posted

15 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

361-7022057

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Supporting documents

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