Nursing Team Lead - Outpatients

Nursing Team Leader | Outpatients | Spire Shawfair Park Hospital | 30 hours per week | Permanent

Spire Shawfair Park Hospital is seeking an experienced Outpatients Team Leader to join our established, supportive and high-performing nursing team.

This is a key leadership role within a busy, fast-paced outpatient department, ideal for a nurse who thrives on responsibility, enjoys developing others and has a strong background in outpatient services.

Duties and responsibilities:

As Outpatients Team Leader, you will provide visible clinical leadership and operational oversight for nursing services within the outpatient department. Working closely with the Outpatient Manager, you will help ensure the delivery of safe, efficient and high-quality care while supporting the ongoing development of the nursing team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing day-to-day leadership and support to the outpatient nursing team, fostering a culture of professionalism, accountability and continuous improvement

• Supporting the Outpatient Manager with workforce planning, clinic coordination and safe staffing levels in a high-volume department

• Coaching, mentoring and developing team members, including supporting appraisals, training and professional development

• Providing hands-on clinical support and direct patient care when required

• Ensuring consistently high standards of patient assessment, care delivery and health education

• Promoting compliance with policies, procedures, clinical guidelines and best practice

• Acting as a role model, maintaining professional standards, patient dignity and safety at all times

Who we're looking for:

• NMC registered nurse with a valid pin and no restrictions

• Essential: Significant experience working within an outpatient setting

• Confident leading teams in a busy clinical environment

• Up to date with mandatory training, including infection control and health & safety

• Self-motivated, organised and able to work with minimal supervision

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective professional relationships

• Passionate about developing others and maintaining high clinical standards

• Flexible approach to working patterns

• Excellent organisational skills

• Strong leadership skills

• Strong teaching skills

• Flexible approach to work and working patterns

Benefits:

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays

• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options

• Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers

• Free Bupa wellness screening

• Private medical insurance

• Life assurance

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward. Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications