Deputy Nurse Team Manager-Radiotherapy Outpatients

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

If you are seeking a new challenge in your nursing career this could be the opportunity for you to extend your role within our dedicated and friendly team of nurses Outpatients Department at Mount Vernon Hospital.

The department is a busy and diverse area with exciting learning opportunities. We are seeking to maintain and expand the Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.

The successful candidate for this post must be self motivated and able to work under own initiative, have excellent time management skills, highly developed communication and people management skills and the ability to manage change.

In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,552 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata.

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 post holder is responsible for delivering a high standard of specialist nursing care to all patients within MVCC.

The Deputy Nurse Manager will be able to coordinate the overall management of the Department.

Facilitating the education and support of qualified and unqualified staff and participating in the development of nursing practice in the clinical area.

The post holder will be working independently/autonomously without direct supervision, accountable for own professional actions. They will take an active role in deputising and supporting the Nurse Manager.

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 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.

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