Team Leader Nurse- Trauma & Orthopaedics

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Evelyn Ward for a Band 6 Team Leader to join our dynamic and friendly team.

If you are enthusiastic, flexible and passionate about Trauma and Orthopaedics, then this would be an ideal opportunity for you to join our team.

Main duties of the job

Are you an experienced Band 5 Trauma Orthopaedic nurse ready for the next steps in your nursing career, or are you an experienced Band 6 nurse seeking a new and exciting opportunity?

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic Band 6 to join our existing team and help develop further our service.

The post will be based on the Northwick Park Hospital site and the roles' key focus will be:

• To act as deputy to the Clinical Nurse Manager as required.
• To lead a team of nurses and healthcare assistants, supporting the Clinical Nurse Manager in providing a unified approach to high standards of patient care.
• To create an environment that promotes excellence in nursing practice and empowers staff to develop high levels of clinical skills and autonomy.
• Work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.
• Being a pro active member of the nursing team attending consultant ward rounds, multidisciplinary team meetings and ward / divisional meetings influencing decisions and the direction of nursing being an advocate for patients and staff.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.