Job summary
We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader - Critical Care Unit who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will have experience working within a Critical Care area and will have completed a course in Critical Care nursing.
We can offer you the benefits of comprehensive training and the chance to focus on your speciality whilst developing your management skills, not to mention great working relationships at all levels and an environment in which you'll really be listened to.
We are committed to helping you reach your fullest potential with our commitment to advancing nursing practice reflected in significant opportunities for training and development co-ordinated by our clinical nurse educator and facilitated by our nursing teams.
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
Provide specialist nursing care and expertise, both in delivering direct patient care and in support of other staff caring for the acutely unwell and deteriorating patients across East and North Herts NHS Trust.
Expertly managing complex Critically ill patients including those who are ventilated, haemofiltered and cardiovascularly compromised, both within and external to the Critical Care.
Support Senior sister/Charge Nurse in leading the team, promoting expert nursing care, and delivering a consistently high standard of healthcare for all level 2 and 3 urology, general surgical, vascular and surgical speciality patients.
Planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating standards of care for acutely unwell/ critically ill patients in line with evidence-based guidelines.
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:
- 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.
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
- RGN on part 1 of the NMC register
- Critical Care Course (both modules)
- ENB 100 or equivalent
- Diploma in Nursing
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and education related to speciality and commitment to lifelong learning
- Able to produce personal professional portfolio
- ILS course
Desirable
- ALS
- KSF Appraisal training
- Attendance Management training
- Disciplinary/ Capability training
- Recruitment & Selection training
- Complaints resolution training
- ALERT training
- ENB 998/ C&G 730 or Assessor course
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience as senior Band 5 in critical care with proven significant experience
- Experience in mentoring, assessing and coaching.
- Understanding of clinical conditions requiring critical care nursing
- An awareness of relevant political and professional issues in health care.
- Previous experience as shift / team leader
- Ability to adapt to changing situations and workloads
- Ability to work under pressure
Desirable
- Proven ability to contribute to the development of specialist protocols and practise changes, arising from audits
- Evidence of active involvement in developing new ways of working
- Experience of Change Management
- Evidence of Management Skills training
- Budget/Resource Management
- Previous Critical Care Outreach experience
- Formal teaching experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of relevant political and professional issues in healthcare
- High standard of clinical skills
- Understanding of effective team work
- Strong leadership skills
- Effective communication and liaison skills
- Understanding of skill-mix and workload patterns
- Effective role model
- Demonstrates ability in influencing and negotiating
- Ability to adapt to changing situations and workloads
- Ability to facilitate and support learning
- Ability to Organise
- Ability to deal with complex interpersonal conflict
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Demonstrate an awareness of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and how this affects their role in the department.
- Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others.
- Computer literacy
- Awareness of Health & Safety legislation
Desirable
- Keen to participate in projects
- Ability to teach groups
- Research awareness
- Experience of working autonomously
- Ability to troubleshoot
- Ability to lead and manage change
- Awareness of clinical governance issues
Other
Essential
- Exemplary standards of personal conduct and behaviour.
- Ability to challenge practice where appropriate.
- Able to diffuse difficult situations.
- Demonstrate ability to think creatively and laterally
Other Requirements
Essential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
- Role model our Trust values every day
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- RGN on part 1 of the NMC register
- Critical Care Course (both modules)
- ENB 100 or equivalent
- Diploma in Nursing
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and education related to speciality and commitment to lifelong learning
- Able to produce personal professional portfolio
- ILS course
Desirable
- ALS
- KSF Appraisal training
- Attendance Management training
- Disciplinary/ Capability training
- Recruitment & Selection training
- Complaints resolution training
- ALERT training
- ENB 998/ C&G 730 or Assessor course
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience as senior Band 5 in critical care with proven significant experience
- Experience in mentoring, assessing and coaching.
- Understanding of clinical conditions requiring critical care nursing
- An awareness of relevant political and professional issues in health care.
- Previous experience as shift / team leader
- Ability to adapt to changing situations and workloads
- Ability to work under pressure
Desirable
- Proven ability to contribute to the development of specialist protocols and practise changes, arising from audits
- Evidence of active involvement in developing new ways of working
- Experience of Change Management
- Evidence of Management Skills training
- Budget/Resource Management
- Previous Critical Care Outreach experience
- Formal teaching experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of relevant political and professional issues in healthcare
- High standard of clinical skills
- Understanding of effective team work
- Strong leadership skills
- Effective communication and liaison skills
- Understanding of skill-mix and workload patterns
- Effective role model
- Demonstrates ability in influencing and negotiating
- Ability to adapt to changing situations and workloads
- Ability to facilitate and support learning
- Ability to Organise
- Ability to deal with complex interpersonal conflict
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Demonstrate an awareness of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and how this affects their role in the department.
- Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others.
- Computer literacy
- Awareness of Health & Safety legislation
Desirable
- Keen to participate in projects
- Ability to teach groups
- Research awareness
- Experience of working autonomously
- Ability to troubleshoot
- Ability to lead and manage change
- Awareness of clinical governance issues
Other
Essential
- Exemplary standards of personal conduct and behaviour.
- Ability to challenge practice where appropriate.
- Able to diffuse difficult situations.
- Demonstrate ability to think creatively and laterally
Other Requirements
Essential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
- Role model our Trust values every day
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).
