Job overview

We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader - Ward 10A who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.  

We are seeking a highly motivated and hardworking Nurse Team Leader.  Ward 10A is a 24 bedded inpatient unit providing care to oncology/haematology patients and general medical needs.

We can offer you the benefit of training and the chance to focus on developing your management skills, whilst making 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.

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

You will work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team and must demonstrate expertise and leadership in the delivery of care to their patients.

You will have an ability work collaboratively ensuring the delivery of high quality and safe patient centred care is always adhered to. Supporting continued education, training and staff development is paramount.

You will be responsible for staff acquiring and maintaining professional standards and competencies challenging, and empowering others to challenge, poor practice, act in such a way as to always promote a positive image of the Trust and as such may need to represent the Sister/Charge Nurse with key stakeholders to promote this.

Working for our organisation

At East and 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.