Nurse Team Leader - Swift Ward

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stevenage is seeking a Nurse Team Leader for the Swift Ward. This role requires strong leadership skills to manage a surgical team and uphold high standards of patient care. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in surgical wards, be registered nurses, and demonstrate commitment to continuous professional development. This position offers opportunities for career growth within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Support for career development

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Extensive clinical experience working on a surgical ward.
• Current working knowledge in the management of surgical patients.
• Experience in change management and managing a ward/department.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team on a shift basis and manage nursing staff.
• Promote high standards of care and ensure infection control.
• Assess daily admissions and discharges for safety.

Skills

Effective shift leadership ability

Leadership to drive quality of care

Ability to prioritise own workload

Motivated and reliable

Flexibility to work autonomously

Education

Registered Nurse on part 1 or 12 of the NMC register

Mentorship and preceptorship qualification

Leadership qualification or working towards

Evidence of continued professional development

Working towards a degree at higher level

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12.08.2025

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26.09.2025

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Job overview

We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader - Swift Ward who share s our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Swift Ward is a 26 bedded Orthopaedic unit as well as incorporating General Surgery, Elective Joint Replacements including Private Patients from other Specialities.

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

The position of Nurse Team Leader leads the team on a shift basis and be responsible for you own team of staff.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong leadership skills whilst developing exceptional standards of care ensuring best practice of Infection Control within a clean environment.

The post holder will have the qualities to lead the team by promoting high standards of care and challenging any behaviours that go against our trust values.

You will also promote and ensure all admissions and discharges are assessed daily and systems updated to ensure appropriate length of stay and safe timely discharges with any required support in place.

Working for our organisation

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

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

• Registered Nurse on part 1 or 12 of the NMC register
• Mentorship and preceptorship qualification or equivalent (or evidence of working towards it)
• Evidence of continued professional development in relevant areas of specialty
• Leadership qualification or working towards
• Working towards a degree at higher level

Previous Experience

• Extensive clinical experience working on a surgical ward
• Current working knowledge and skills in the management of surgical patients especially Orthopaedics
• Experience of Nursing in an acute setting
• Experience in change management
• Experience managing a ward/department

Skills

• Effective shift leadership ability
• Leadership to drive quality of care within the multidisciplinary team
• Ability to prioritise own workload, motivated, reliable with the flexibility to work autonomously

Knowledge

• Effective shift leadership ability
• Leadership to drive quality of care within the multidisciplinary team
• Understanding of research and audit and a willingness to participate in these within the department

Other Requirements

• Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff

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 Teaching 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 [emailprotected]

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.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.