Nurse Team Leader - Pre-operative Assessment
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Stevenage, SG1 4AB
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
4 September 2026
4 days left
Job description
We are recruiting two Nurse Team Leaders into our Pre-operative Assessment service, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outsta...
This exciting opportunity will see you making a real difference in our patients' lives and the standard of quality healthcare delivered.
The successful candidate must be a conscientious individual, preferably with good POA experience but not essential as full training will be given.
You will join and be part of a progressive, innovative team that keeps the patient at the heart of everything we do.
After your POA training and induction, you will conduct Nurse-led clinics and autonomously manage your patient caseload. Therefore, you should have a flexible approach to working and a willingness to learn and develop continuously.
In addition, strong customer care skills and effective communication with all stakeholders are fundamental.
You will act as a role model and demonstrate a desire and willingness to contribute and actively be involved in further developing the POA service as well as the team, student nurses and ODPs who join us on clinical placements.
In return, you will be working within a committed team of hardworking nurses with a high level of professionalism to holistically assess the individual care needs of patients to ensure they are managed safely and effectively throughout their surgical pathway.
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.
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse on part 1 or part 12 of the NMC register
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning
- Ability to produce professional portfolio
Desirable
- Hold an NMC approved mentoring qualification.
- Degree or working towards
- Leadership or Management Qualification or willingness to work towards
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in relevant area(s) of practice
- Evidence of working on own initiative
- Experience of strong leadership and coaching skills
- Experience of audit and research skills
Desirable
- Experience and knowledge of budget management
- Experience in teaching and supervision
- Experience of recruitment and selection
- Experience of managing staff related personnel issues
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of advanced communication skills and ability to engage and promote good working relationships at all levels
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
- Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centered nursing care and patient education
- Demonstrates advanced planning and organisational skills
- Adaptable, Flexibility, Collaborative team worker
- Demonstrates initiative and ability to work independently, able to problem solve and prioritise own and others work
- Ability to exercise tact and discretion and deal with sensitive issues
- Demonstrates understanding of efficient and effective use of resources
- Ability to use own judgement and a willingness to follow instruction and guidance when necessary.
- Shows appropriate professional and personal boundaries
- Ability to work within set time constraints to fulfill deadlines and meet the needs of patients, service and organisation
- Willingness to undertake on the job training appropriate to the role
- Act as a clinical role model, mentor assessor and support for learners
- Competent in the use of IT systems and knowledge of and using an EPR database system or equivalent
- Demonstrates excellent critical thinking problem-solving skills, with the ability to think laterally
- Evidence of reflective practice used to set professional development ambitions
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate understanding of current developments in the NHS and their implications for leadership and quality care for patients/service users
- Awareness of health and safety legislation and strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors
- Awareness of safeguarding responsibilities and escalation processes
- Detailed understanding of Pre-operative Assessment role, purpose, and pathways
- Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection
Other Requirements
Essential
- 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
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team and promote team unity
Desirable
- Ability to travel between sites
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
21 August 2026
Last checked
25 August 2026
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