Tess Bateman (born 22 January 1967) is a senior staff nurse who worked at the Emergency Department of Holby City Hospital from 2003 to 2015. She joined the ED in September 2003 as the department's new emergency nurse practitioner, and took up the role of Clinical Nurse Manager in 2005. She left the department in August 2015 after almost 12 years of working there, and was one of the longest serving staff members.