Nurse Team Leader - Children Bluebell Ward

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader for a 12 month fixed term maternity leave cover for Bluebell Ward who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will provide positive role modelling, clinical leadership and knowledge to facilitate, supervise and enable high, competent standards of safe, individualised, holistic, family centred care thatis evidence based, in consultation and partnership with the child, their family/carers and theMulti-disciplinary Team (MDT), that recognises the distinct needs of children and young people and ensures the provision of privacy and dignity.

You will also assist in the safe, effective, efficient operational management of the department and nursing team, within allocated resources, undertaking delegated responsibility in the absence of the Ward/ Department Matron.

This post involves rotational duties over a 24-hour period.

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 successful candidate will be responsible for delegating, supervising, identifying, assessing, planning implementing and continuously evaluating the care of all patients, within the unit, in partnership with the children and families.

You will ensure that the highest standards of care are delivered to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of each child and their family, facilitating timely discharge, through robust discharge planning and a return to optimal health.

The post holder will promote and ensure that due regard and respect are given to the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of children and their families, by all members of the nursing and multi-disciplinary teams.

You will also ensure that the physical environment reflects the psychosocial and developmental needs of children and young people, in terms of play, recreational facilities and educational provision. Ensure specific provision for those with special needs.

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.

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)

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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)

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