Nurse Team Leader - Children Bluebell Ward

NHS; England; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Nurse Team Leader for a 12-month fixed-term maternity leave cover. The role involves providing clinical leadership, managing nursing teams, and ensuring high standards of care for children and young patients. Applicants must have relevant nursing qualifications and experience in pediatrics. Benefits include a comprehensive pay scale and potential for flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience in general Paediatrics.
• Experience in co-ordinating and managing patient care.
• Ability to analyse and resolve clinical issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and knowledge to the nursing team.
• Assist in operational management of the department.
• Ensure high standards of safe, individualised care.

Skills

IV Administration

Excellent communication skills

Ability to lead and manage a team

Advanced Paediatric Life Support

Education

RSCN/RN Child with current NMC registration

Teaching and Assessing qualification

APLS/ EPALS or equivalent

Job description

Overview

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 that is evidence based, in consultation and partnership with the child, their family/carers and the Multi-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.

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.

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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.

Details

Date posted: 02 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 361-7420376

Job locations: Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, SG1 4AB

Job Description

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

Person Specification

Essential

• RSCN/RN Child with current NMC registration
• Teaching and Assessing qualification
• Evidence of ongoing dynamic professional development and application to practice
• APLS/ EPALS or equivalent

Previous Experience

• Post-registration experience in general Paediatrics
• Experience and evidence of effectiveness in co-ordinating and managing patient care
• Ability to prioritise, organise workload and delegate and supervise tasks appropriately
• Ability to analyse, resolve issues and make sound judgements on clinical issues, using initiative, whilst demonstrating an awareness of own limits
• Evidence of implementing and managing change
• Experience of handling adverse incidents and complaints

Desirable

• Evidence of previous experience and efficacy in mentorship, teaching and assessing
• Experience of handling adverse incidents and complaints

Skills

• IV Administration
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to negotiate
• Ability to lead and manage a team
• Advanced competency in nursing skills i.e., CPAP, Central line management, Advanced Paediatric Life Support
• Evidence of practical application of Trust and national documentation standards
• Accredited appraisal skills

Knowledge

• Developed theoretical and practical knowledge of acute/chronic Paediatric care, Directorate, Trust and National policies
• NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• Safeguarding Children processes
• Hand hygiene and Care bundles
• Quality Indicators
• Health and safety awareness
• Clinical Governance and quality issues
• Risk management
• Equality and Diversity & HR Policy

Disclosures

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the DBS.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer: 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/