Nurse Team Leader - Emergency Department
The closing date is 04 August 2025
Job summary
We are recruiting for Nurse Team Leaders who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Are you an experienced nurse ready for a new challenge in a fast-paced, dynamic environment? Join our team in the Emergency Department at Lister Hospital.
We are seeking for motivated ED and ward nurses to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care to individuals requiring further observation, assessment, or treatment. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team, contributing to clinical decisions, patient recovery, and timely discharge.
Bring your expertise, compassion, and commitment to make a real difference in patient care.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. 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 be responsible for the shift co-ordination of one of the key areas within the emergency department e.g. Streaming and Triage, Ambulance Handover, Resus, Majors and CDU.
You will ensure that patient care is of the highest possible standard and provide advice and support to all staff working in the area.
You will be responsible for the development, monitoring and auditing of standards for use in the clinical area.
You will ensure that care delivered in the clinical area is of the highest quality, supported by research and in accordance with local and national policies, procedures and guidelines.
The successful candidate will collaborate with other key staff in the clinical group, maintain effective use of bed availability by timely and effective admission and discharge.
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
- 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 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.
Details
Date posted
21 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
361-7338220
Job locations
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Employer details
Employer name
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Employer's website
https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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