Nurse Team Leader- Endoscopy

2 weeks ago


Stevenage, United Kingdom East and North Herts NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader Endoscopy who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Endoscopy unit is located at the Lister hospital, running four procedure rooms, and a further two procedure rooms at the New QE2 site.

We offer an Endoscopy service seven days a week, and an emergency on-call service 24/7, including weekends and Bank Holidays.

You will provide efficient, safe and effective service for all patients and carers attending the endoscopy unit.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

Main duties of the job

Act as a leader of the nursing team in providing a high standard of evidence based care.

Conduct Appraisals, Return to Work / Sickness interviews and Management referrals in a timely manner. Monitor and manage staff absence.

Support the endoscopy NTMs, deputise for them in their absenceEstablish and maintain good effective communication. Links with the multidisciplinary team, specialist nurse, office staff and wards.

Actively be involved in Retention and Recruitment of staff to support the service.

Complete weekly allocations maintaining safe staffing levels, and create opportunities for staff to complete their competencies

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire 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 information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

Registered Nursing qualification on the NMC register Nursing degree qualification/ Apprenticeship or equivalent. GCSE Grade A-C in Math's & English or skills level 2 math's & English or equivalent Commitment to lifelong learning. Ability to produce a personal professional portfolio. Mentorship/preceptorship training IT skills

Desirable

Recognized management training/course

Previous Experience

Essential

Post registration experience Manage day to day running of the unit/ward Evidence of developing one's own specialist, clinical Role within endoscopy. Fully compliant with all Endoscopy JETS competencies Evidence of training and mentoring staff and educating patients Responsibility for management and co-ordination of staff appraisals Budget management stock control awareness.

Desirable

Management of staff sickness.

Skills

Essential

Evidence of team management skills Flexible Utilization of teaching skills. Experience of prioritizing Evidence of excellent communication skills Understanding of research/Audit and experience of developing clinical practice Ability to direct and work within a team. Sound organizational skills. Self-awareness Assertiveness Time management. Technically minded Delegation and overseeing designated services- PEG and Pre- assessment Strategic development Computer literacy

Desirable

Authorship of research publications Strong leadership and motivational skills. Evidence to lead and manage change. Negotiation skills.

Knowledge

Essential

A good knowledge of Gastroenterological conditions and procedures Ability to identify risks and knowledge of risk assessments and the importance of Health and safety in Endoscopy. Knowledge of JAG/JETS/GRS Ability to write/review protocols/procedures Experience in dealing with complaints and incident reporting Able to facilitate change. Working knowledge of managing Decontamination processes Knowledge of standard setting and Audit. Knowledge of National Bowel cancer screening program.

Desirable

Awareness of Health care associated infections within the setting of Endoscopy Interview or recruitment experience.

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