Nurse Team Manager - AMU

NHS; England; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Stevenage is seeking a Nurse Team Manager for the AMU department, responsible for operational management and clinical service delivery. The successful candidate will implement accountable care models and lead policy improvements while ensuring the highest standards of patient care. Candidates must be an NMC registered nurse with leadership experience.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Positive work-life balance

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with proven recent experience at Band 6 in the acute specialty setting.
• Evidence of on-going professional development through professional profile.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Implement measurable and accountable models of care for patient safety.
• Lead the development and implementation of directorate policies.
• Work collaboratively with senior colleagues to support service development.

Skills

Ability to communicate effectively at a complex level

Excellent clinical knowledge and skills

Demonstrable understanding of professional nursing issues

Ability to lead and motivate a clinical team

Education

Registered nurse on part 1 of the NMC register

Relevant clinical post registration education including a recognized Mentorship qualification

Managerial and leadership qualification / relevant experience

Job description

Job Summary

We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Manager - AMU who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are looking for a highly-skilled clinical nurse with overall responsibility for the operational management of clinical service delivery at department level, in partnership with the PSM as an integral part of the nurse management team. 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 Nurse Team Manager will be responsible for implementing measurable and accountable models of care to ensure consistently high standards of safe patient care. You will lead on the development and implementation of directorate policies that support the continuous improvement of patient care and service delivery at ward and departmental level. The post holder will work collaboratively with senior colleagues and key stakeholders to support service development and redesign initiatives wherever possible. The successful candidate will be expected to challenge behaviours that undermine equality and diversity, in line with the principles of the Human Rights Act. In addition, the Nurse Team Manager will work closely with the operational team to improve patient flow, and with the senior leadership team to support the achievement of Trust objectives.

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.

Details

Date posted: 17 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum - pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 361-7397464

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

Qualifications / Training

• Registered nurse on part 1 of the NMC register
• Relevant clinical post registration education to include a recognized Mentorship qualification
• Evidence of on-going professional development through professional profile
• Managerial and leadership qualification /relevant experience
• ATLS, ALS, ILS and ATNC

Desirable

• Relevant degree or working towards Degree

Previous Experience

Essential

• Registered Nurse with proven recent experience at Band 6 in the acute specialty setting
• Uses evidence based practice to support care delivery
• Evidence of an understanding in expenditure and budget management
• Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings with patients, relatives, carers, senior leaders and staff of varying levels of understanding

Desirable

• Involvement in audit/research and willingness to present findings at meetings and conferences
• Cross specialty experience at band 6

Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively at a complex level - excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent clinical knowledge and skills, ability to detect deterioration and manage accordingly
• Ability to advocate for all patients, particularly vulnerable patients
• Ability to manage self and others in delivery of own work and related clinical outcomes to meet departmental expectations
• Demonstrable understanding of professional nursing issues
• Demonstrate evidence of strong leadership and motivational skills, ability to lead and motivate large clinical team
• Demonstrate a flexible approach, able to react to the changing needs of the department ensuring sustainability
• Ability to engage with management and staff, demonstrating excellent negotiating skills to enable high quality service delivery
• Demonstrate sound organisational skills and ability to work effectively in a devolved management structure
• Performance management skills, including understanding of and invoking disciplinary procedure
• Ability to work on own initiative and autonomously
• Good time management skills
• Ability to be adaptive and responds well in times of stress
• Triage skills and competency

Desirable

• Research and development including presentation at national and international conferences
• Proven track record in change management, to include service development

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 Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check and UK Registration details are as above.

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/