Nurse Team Leader - Chemotherapy Suite | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is recruiting a Nurse Team Leader for the SACT day unit at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. The role involves delivering high-quality nursing care, coordinating team management, and facilitating the education and support of staff. Candidates should have leadership experience and the ability to work autonomously. This position offers a competitive salary with a High Cost Area Supplement, and promotes a positive work-life balance.

Benefits

High Cost Area Supplement

Flexible working patterns

Positive work-life balance

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with relevant experience in a specialist area.
• Ability to coordinate team management and nursing care.
• Experience in supporting clinical education and practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standard of specialist nursing care.
• Coordinate overall management of the unit.
• Facilitate education and support for staff.
• Deputise and support the Unit Sister.

Skills

Leadership

Specialist nursing care

Education and support of staff

Autonomous working

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven individual to lead our team within the dynamic SACT day unit at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. If you enjoy a challenge and are ready to take on a leadership role, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Our day unit, equipped with 20 treatment chairs, operates from 08:00 to 20:00, Monday to Friday, providing chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapies to adult patients.

In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,552 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata.

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.

Responsibilities

• The Nurse Team Leader will be responsible for delivering a high standard of specialist nursing care to all patients within MVCC. Able to coordinate the overall management of the Unit.
• The post holder will facilitate the education and support of qualified and unqualified staff and participating in the development of nursing practice in the clinical area.
• You will be working independently/autonomously without direct supervision, accountable for own professional actions.
• The successful candidate will also take an active role in deputising and supporting the Unit Sister.

Organisation and setting

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.

Work-life balance and how to apply

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.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025