Job summaryWe are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The nurse team leader will support the home therapies patient program, providing high quality, effective, individualized care through the assessment of patient care needs to develop, implement and evaluate them with supervision.
Prioritise a program of education and training that is individualised to patients' needs that ensures consistency, thoroughness and safety. To support the patient, independently planning safe transfer home in a timely manner.
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 jobCarry out planned care and training for a group of patients without direct supervision.
Assess patient's suitability for home therapy, mental, cognitive and physical ability.
Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based, individualised patient care for patients.
Plan, organise, and allocate patients to the PD and HHD training programme according to individual suitability and clinical needs.
Prioritise and manage patient workload in line with referrals, in liaison with the senior nurse.
Use initiative when training targets are not being achieved, escalating concerns to the senior nurse in home therapies team at the earliest opportunity, and agreeing revised action plans.
About usAt 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 responsibilitiesPlease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Qualifications / TrainingEssential- Registered Nurse or equivalent with live NMC registration .
Desirable- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification.
Previous ExperienceEssential- Renal experience as qualified nurse.
Desirable- Experience of being a team leader/deputy in charge.
SkillsEssential- Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and/or treatments
- Ability to prioritise and organize workload
- Ability to develop own skills and knowledge
- Demonstrate an ability to listen and comprehend.
- Ability to manage potentially difficult situations.
- Physiological assessment of acutely unwell patient.
Desirable- Support and/or propose service developments.
KnowledgeEssential- Awareness of current professional issues
- Ability to support and mentor learners.
- Patient focused - committed to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and the relatives/carers
Desirable- Understanding of critical care.
Other RequirementsEssential- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Role model our Trust values every day.
- Ability to travel to home visits, which may be located in rural areas, and to work across all shift patterns
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.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. 
