Nurse Team Leader - Critical Care Unit

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Enherts-TR); Stevenage; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Nurse Team Leader for their Critical Care Unit. This role offers the opportunity to lead a team in delivering exceptional care to critically ill patients while fostering an environment of continuous professional development. You will manage complex cases, support your colleagues, and implement evidence-based practices to ensure the highest standards of care. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to advancing nursing practice and making a tangible difference in the lives of patients and their families. This position promises a rewarding career path with ample opportunities for growth and development.

Benefits

Comprehensive Training

Flexible Working Opportunities

Support for Professional Development

Inclusive Work Environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with critical care experience and ongoing professional development.
• Completion of relevant training courses like ALS and ILS.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist nursing care for critically ill patients.
• Manage complex cases and support the nursing team effectively.
• Plan and evaluate care standards based on evidence-based guidelines.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Effective Communication

Clinical Skills

Organisational Ability

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Teaching Ability

Change Management

Education

RGN on part 1 of the NMC register

Degree in Critical Care or Nursing Equivalent

Diploma in Nursing

Job description

Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,

Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Job overview

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

You will have experience working within a Critical Care area and will have completed a course in Critical Care nursing.

We can offer you the benefits of comprehensive training and the chance to focus on your speciality whilst developing your management skills, not to mention great working relationships at all levels and an environment in which you'll really be listened to.

We are committed to helping you reach your fullest potential with our commitment to advancing nursing practice reflected in significant opportunities for training and development coordinated by our clinical nurse educator and facilitated by our nursing teams.

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.

Main duties of the job

1. Provide specialist nursing care and expertise, both in delivering direct patient care and in support of other staff caring for the acutely unwell and deteriorating patients across East and North Herts NHS Trust.
2. Expertly manage complex critically ill patients including those who are ventilated, haemofiltered and cardiovascularly compromised, both within and external to the Critical Care.
3. Support Senior sister/Charge Nurse in leading the team, promoting expert nursing care, and delivering a consistently high standard of healthcare for all level 2 and 3 urology, general surgical, vascular and surgical speciality patients.
4. Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate standards of care for acutely unwell/ critically ill patients in line with evidence-based guidelines.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

• RGN on part 1 of the NMC register
• ENB 100 or equivalent
• Diploma in Nursing
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and education related to speciality and commitment to lifelong learning
• Able to produce personal professional portfolio.
• ILS course
• Degree in critical care or nursing equivalent
• ALS
• Disciplinary / Capability training
• Recruitment & Selection training
• Complaints Resolution training
• ALERT training
• ENB 998 / C&G 730 or Assessor course.

Previous Experience

• Band 5 in critical care with proven significant experience.
• Experience in mentoring, assessing and coaching.
• Understanding of clinical conditions requiring critical care nursing
• An awareness of relevant political and professional issues in health care
• Previous experience as shift/team leader.
• Ability to adapt to changing situations and workloads
• Ability to work under pressure
• Proven ability to contribute to the development of specialist protocols and practice changes, arising from audits.
• Evidence of active involvement in developing new ways of working
• Experience of Change Management
• Evidence of Management Skills training
• Budget/Resource Management
• Previous Critical Care Outreach experience.
• Formal teaching experience

Skills/Knowledge

• Up to date knowledge of relevant political and professional issues in healthcare.
• High standard of clinical skills.
• Understanding of effective team work
• Strong leadership skills
• Effective communication and liaison skills
• Understanding of skill-mix and workload patterns
• Demonstrates ability in influencing and negotiating
• Ability to adapt to changing situations and workloads
• Ability to facilitate and support learning
• Organisational ability
• Assertiveness skills and an ability to deal with complex interpersonal conflict
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Demonstrate an awareness of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and how this affects their role in the department
• Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
• Awareness of Health & Safety legislation
• Keen to participate in projects
• Ability to teach groups
• Research awareness
• Experience of working autonomously
• Ability to troubleshoot
• Ability to lead and manage change
• Awareness of clinical governance issues

Other

• Exemplary standards of personal conduct and behaviour
• Confidence and ability to challenge practice where appropriate
• Demonstrate ability to think creatively and laterally

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular, we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce.

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [e-mail]

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

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Secondments/Fixed term

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.