3971 - Sister/Charge Nurse (Generic)

Barnsley Hospital; Barnsley; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Barnsley Hospital is seeking a Band 6 Theatre Arrivals Sister to provide senior nursing leadership within the Theatre Arrivals area, ensuring safe, effective and compassionate care from arrival through transfer into theatre.

You will assess patients on arrival for surgery, oversee essential pre-operative safety checks, and support colleagues with complex cases, collaborating with surgeons, anaesthetists and recovery staff to ensure the perioperative pathway runs smoothly.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current UK registration.
• Diploma level education with ongoing professional development.
• Evidence of post-registration education and development.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior nursing leadership within Theatre Arrivals and ensure safe, compassionate care from arrival through transfer into theatre.
• Assess patients on arrival for surgery, ensuring they are prepared and fit to proceed.
• Oversee pre-operative safety checks and relevant clinical documentation.
• Collaborate with surgeons, anaesthetists and theatre staff to ensure a smooth perioperative pathway.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Diploma Level

Post-registration Education

Leadership Development

Education

Nursing Diploma

Leadership training

Job description

The Theatre Arrivals Sister will provide effective clinical and operational leadership within the Theatre Admissions/Arrivals area, ensuring that patients are safely assessed, prepared and transferred through the perioperative pathway in a timely, compassionate and efficient manner.

Working as an experienced Registered Nurse, the post holder will provide visible leadership to the nursing and support team, promoting high standards of patient care, safety and professional practice. They will work closely with surgical, anaesthetic, theatre and multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure that patients are appropriately prepared for their procedure and that the operating theatre pathway runs smoothly.

The post holder will act as a senior clinical resource within the department, supporting staff with complex clinical situations, escalation of concerns and effective decision‑making.

The interview date for this role is 02/10/2026

Main duties of the job

As the Band 6 Theatre Arrivals Sister, you will provide senior nursing leadership within the Theatre Arrivals area and ensure that patients receive safe, effective and compassionate care from arrival through to transfer into theatre.

Assess patients on arrival for surgery, ensuring they are appropriately prepared and clinically fit to proceed.

Complete and oversee essential pre-operative safety checks, including patient identity, consent, procedure, site marking, allergies, observations, investigations and relevant clinical documentation.

Ensure patients are appropriately prepared for anaesthesia and surgery, escalating any concerns.

Provide reassurance and support to patients and their relatives, helping to reduce anxiety.

Ensure that patient dignity, privacy, equality and individual needs are respected at all times.

Allocate staff and workload according to patient needs, clinical priorities and staff competence.

Support colleagues with complex patients and provide advice based on your clinical knowledge and experience.

Work collaboratively with surgeons, anaesthetists, ODPs, recovery staff, ward teams and other healthcare professionals to provide seamless patient care.

Promote and monitor compliance with infection prevention, medicines management, safeguarding and other Trust policies.

Help create a positive team culture where staff feel supported, valued and accountable for delivering excellent patient care.

About us

Barnsley is a place of real warmth and communityspirit. With a proud industrial past, the town offers affordable living, greattransport links, rich culture and many green spaces. Barnsley punches above itsweight and has recently seen economic growth, substantial regeneration anddigital ambition, whilst leading the way in healthcare innovation andemployability.

At Barnsley Hospital, we are a close-knit,ambitious team delivering outstanding care in the heart of South Yorkshire. Ouraim is to be the best place to work and we have been consistently rated by ourpeople as being amongst the very best Trusts in the country in areas such ascompassionate leadership, teamwork and supporting colleague wellbeing.

We offer a friendly working environment where youwill be recognised and valued for what you do, led with compassion andintegrity and have your career and wellbeing supported.

BarnsleyHospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fairtreatment to all applicants.

Forindividuals who require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health &care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert tocheck your eligibility.

The cost ofthe DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only be met bythe successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Please notewe reserve the right to close positions early

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attachedJob Description and Person Specification for full details of the role andresponsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st level registered nurse
• Educated to diploma level (or working towards)
• Evidence of relevant post registration education and development

Skills and Abilities

• Effective interpersonal /communication
• Effective team working
• Ability to monitor, maintain and improve service delivery
• Effective change management

Experience

• Significant experience at band 5 in specialty
• Recognised leadership development program attendance

Knowledge and Awareness

• Current healthcare issues
• Quality benchmarking
• Quality, audit and its application
• Clinical governance
• Healthcare commission standards for better health
• Risk management and NHSLA
• Health and safety
• Confidentiality
• Statutory and professional requirements
• NHS policy

Values based Questions

• Please describe in around 100 words describe a time when you were under pressure but remained calm, compassionate and focused at work
• Please describe in around 100 words: What motivates you to do a good job?

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.