Nurse Team Manager - AMU | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Nurse Team Manager – AMU to ensure high standards of patient care. You will manage the operational delivery of services while leading a clinical team. Ideal candidates will have a registered nurse qualification and experience in team collaboration and leadership within healthcare environments.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Supportive work environment

Commitment to employee work-life balance

Qualifications

• Experience in operational management of clinical services.
• Ability to work collaboratively with senior colleagues.
• Understanding of equality and diversity principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical service delivery at department level.
• Lead development and implementation of directorate policies.
• Collaborate with operational teams to improve patient flow.

Skills

Clinical nursing skills

Leadership abilities

Service development

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

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. They will have overall responsibility for the operational management of clinical service delivery at department level whilst working 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.

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 also 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 also 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 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

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.

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

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025