Nurse Team Leader - Ward 6B

We 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.

Ward 6B offers an exciting environment within the renal department for acute inpatients care. This department is highly recognised, autonomous tertiary referral centre for renal medicine. This environment offers development in renal replacement therapy and managing acutely unwell renal patients that are transferred to 6B.

This is an exciting time to join our team as there are many developments happening within the department. You will enjoy the management of the renal beds in ward 6B and discuss patient transfers with the team.

You must be prepared to develop your skills and knowledge in delivering dialysis treatment.

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.

We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic, innovative, flexible nurse with management qualities and excellent communication skills.

Leadership is also a key requirement of this position and you will be expected to work closely with your Ward Manager in the running of the 25 bedded unit/ward, caring directly for patients and being a senior point of reassurance for the whole team and the patients in our care.

Promote high standards of professional practice and high quality care delivery within Trust and Departmental policies, protocols and guidelines.

In conjunction with the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, be responsible for the development and review of competencies, protocols and Care Pathways within the department.

You would manage your own staff and ensure the competencies are kept up to date as well as supporting the junior staff in developing their skills and knowledge.

You would be expected to manage the peritoneal dialysis information service over the weekends and out of hours.

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.

Date posted: 20 October 2026

Pay scheme:
Agenda for change

Band:
Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Full-time

Reference number: 361-UPL-8318265

Closing date: 03 November 2026

• Registered nurse on part 1 or part 12 of the NMC register
• Evidence of a leadership course or experience in a leadership role
• Mentorship and preceptorship course

• Mentorship/ Preceptorship course

• Demonstrable experience as a registered nurse at Band 5 within renal medicine
• Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings with patients, relatives, carers, senior leaders and other members of staff of varying levels of understanding

• Evidence of effective leadership
• Evidence of excellent and motivational teaching skills

• Evidence of effective team working skills
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work to deadlines in a highly pressurised environment
• Ability to use sound judgement skills and when to escape issues and problems
• Effective IT skills

• Excellent knowledge of renal conditions/ treatments
• Demonstrable understanding of professional nursing issues
• Understanding of skill mix and…