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 Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) within 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. Apply today!

In October 2023 East and North Hertfordshire urgent and emergency care services received significant revenue investment. Therefore, we are looking to increase our Nurse Team Leaders with focus on improvements in CDU to improve patient safety and experience as well as help achieve the NHS England's drive to 4 hour standard.

The CDU plays a crucial role in ensuring assessment, observation, and treatment of patients requiring further evaluation before a decision on their admission or discharge is made.

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 manage the CDU, which is a 7 bed and 4 chair space area along with a team of nurses and clinical support workers, providing clinical guidelines.

You will lead CDU to accommodate frailty patients, patients needing clinical navigator review, and ED patients aiming discharge within the 4 to 6 hours.

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.

Ensuring 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.

You will coordinate the daily activities and operations with CDU and safely pulling patients from other areas within ED, ensuring efficient patient flow, timely assessments, and adherence to clinical protocols.

Working in collaboration 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 & North Hertfordshire 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 & 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 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.

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

• Registered Nurse
• BLS or ILS
• Practice Supervisor or Mentorship Course
• A& E/ Emergency Care course or equivalent
• Degree to BSc level
• Relevant post registration qualifications
• Cannulation and venipuncture
• IV administration competence

Desirable

• ALS provider
• ATNC /ATLS attendance
• PILS/APLS

Previous Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working in ED or inpatient wards
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Commitment to learning
• Experience of assessing and teaching pre-registration students
• Experience in supporting and developing unregistered nurses
• Currently working in an acute or inpatient environment within the NHS

Desirable

• Nurse in charge / Management experience

Skills

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Computer literate
• Self motivated and flexible
• Time management skills
• Ability to work within a team
• Sound organisational skills
• Ability to work alongside staff and influence change
• Excellent clinical skills
• Leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to be adaptive and responds well in times of stress
• Streaming and triage skills

Desirable

• Evidence of progression and development in ED and acute medicine skills

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

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361-6558529