# Neonatal Nurse Team Leader > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/neonatal-nurse-team-leader/0f59444a-da5a-4677-a0ff-b35e9268885f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/neonatal-nurse-team-leader/0f59444a-da5a-4677-a0ff-b35e9268885f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust - **Town:** Stevenage - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-29T10:43:19.050Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Neonatal/Neonatal-v8018968 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8018968?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting for a Neonatal Nurse Team Leader who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. The Neonatal Nurse Team Leader will  provide clinical leadership and deliver safe, high-quality, family-centred care in line with Trust values. The role involves coordinating the clinical area, supporting staff development, and promoting teamwork, compassion, and excellence. The post holder will act as a role model, ensuring high standards of care and contributing to continuous improvement. The role includes long days, nights, weekends, and bank holiday working. 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. ### Main duties of the job The Neonatal Nurse Team Leader will provide clinical leadership and expert neonatal care, ensuring safe, evidence-based and family-centred practice. Coordinate the clinical area, manage staff and resources, and support workforce development through teaching and supervision. Contribute to service improvement, governance, and patient safety, while maintaining effective communication with families and the multidisciplinary team. Keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with legislation, policies and procedures. Participate in the teaching and supervision of junior team members and students. Actively promote educational development within the unit and service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. ## Job Details We are recruiting for a Neonatal Nurse Team Leader who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. The Neonatal Nurse Team Leader will provide clinical leadership and deliver safe, high-quality, family-centred care in line with Trust values. The role involves coordinating the clinical area, supporting staff development, and promoting teamwork, compassion, and excellence. The post holder will act as a role model, ensuring high standards of care and contributing to continuous improvement. The role includes long days, nights, weekends, and bank holiday working. 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. ## Job Description The Neonatal Nurse Team Leader will provide clinical leadership and expert neonatal care, ensuring safe, evidence-based and family-centred practice. Coordinate the clinical area, manage staff and resources, and support workforce development through teaching and supervision. Contribute to service improvement, governance, and patient safety, while maintaining effective communication with families and the multidisciplinary team. Keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with legislation, policies and procedures. Participate in the teaching and supervision of junior team members and students. Actively promote educational development within the unit and service. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to assess, plan, evaluate nursing care - Ability to work well in both a team and lead a team. - Competent in the care management of sick infants - Ability to manage own case load - Ability to plan and prioritise work - Good verbal and non-verbal communication skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to care for the sick newborn - Understanding the importance of evidence based practice - An understanding of the philosophies of current issues in neonatal nursing **Desirable** - Understanding of the principles of clinical governance - Motivated to learn and develop practices in neonatal care ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion - Role model our Trust values every day - Caring and empathetic. - Good interpersonal skills. - Flexible and adaptable. - Team worker - Professional approach to work ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Proven experience of intensive and high dependency neonatal nursing reflecting evidence based practice. - IT Skills. - Interest in teaching and supervising of students and junior staff **Desirable** - Previous ward management experience. - Participation in audits ### Qualifications/Training **Essential** - RN/RM/RSCN with neonatal intensive care experience Degree qualification - Neonatal professional qualification - Evidence of ongoing professional development - Intravenous accreditation - Achieved full KSF Outline for Band 5 **Desirable** - Degree qualification - Assessing and mentoring qualification - NLS provider course ## Documents - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [neonatal nurse team leader-applicant pack (pdf, 784.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10333562) - [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549) - [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551) - [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748) - [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.