About this role
Job summary
We are recruiting for a Neonatal Nurse Team Leaderwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Neonatal Nurse Team Leader will provide clinical leadership and deliver safe, high-quality, family-centred care in line with Trust values.
The role involves coordinating the clinical area, supporting staff development, and promoting teamwork, compassion, and excellence.
The post holder will act as a role model, ensuring high standards of care and contributing to continuous improvement. The role includes long days, nights, weekends, and bank holiday working.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The Neonatal Nurse Team Leader will provide clinical leadership and expert neonatal care, ensuring safe, evidence-based and family-centred practice.
Coordinate the clinical area, manage staff and resources, and support workforce development through teaching and supervision.
Contribute to service improvement, governance, and patient safety, while maintaining effective communication with families and the multidisciplinary team.
Keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
Participate in the teaching and supervision of junior team members and students. Actively promote educational development within the unit and service.
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed informationregardingthis role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training Essential
RN/RM/RSCN with neonatal intensive care experienceDegree qualification Neonatal professional qualification Evidence of ongoing professional development Intravenous accreditation Achieved full KSF Outline for Band 5
Desirable
Degree qualification Assessing and mentoring qualification NLS provider course
Previous Experience Essential
Proven experience of intensive and high dependency neonatal nursing reflecting evidence based practice. IT Skills. Interest in teaching and supervising of students and junior staff
Desirable
Previous ward management experience. Participation in audits
Skills Essential
Ability to assess, plan, evaluate nursing care Ability to work well in both a team and lead a team. Competent in the care management of sick infants Ability to manage own case load Ability to plan and prioritise work Good verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Knowledge Essential
Ability to care for the sick newborn Understanding the importance of evidence based practice An understanding of the philosophies of current issues in neonatal nursing
Desirable
Understanding of the principles of clinical governance Motivated to learn and develop practices in neonatal care
Other Requirements Essential
Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion Role model our Trust values every day Caring and empathetic. Good interpersonal skills. Flexible and adaptable. Team worker Professional approach to work
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).
Employer details Employer name East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address Lister Hospital
Corey Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG14AB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)