Band 6 Senior Nurse (NHS AfC: Band 6) - Nursing - The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust; Harlow; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare institution in Harlow is seeking a Band 6 Senior Nurse to provide high-quality surgical care and leadership in an elective surgical ward. The role emphasizes clinical excellence, staff mentorship, and collaboration within a dedicated nursing team. The ideal candidate will hold current NMC registration and have relevant surgical and acute nursing experience. Competitive salary and extensive employee benefits are offered.

Benefits

Full induction and onboarding process

Free car parking

Minimum 27 days’ annual leave

Access to onsite creek facilities

Access to NHS Pension scheme

In-house training courses

Qualifications

• Must have a current NMC registration.
• Experience in running a shift and resolving problems.
• Previous experience of audits and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective clinical care to patients and families.
• Develop leadership skills and participate in service development.
• Support the management of rosters, training, and clinical auditing.

Skills

Assessment and discharge skills

Excellent communication skills

Leadership/mentorship and teaching skills

Previous surgical nursing experience

Previous acute care nursing experience

Education

Current NMC registration

Job description

Main area Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time , all shifts Long Days, nights , bank holidays, weekends. Job ref 292-7452992-SCC

Employer The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Princess Alexandra Hospital Harlow Town Harlow Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2025 23:59

Band 6 Senior Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

Our values

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join one of our elective surgical wards as a band 6 charge nurse has arisen, we are looking for passionate, enthusiastic, dedicated experienced nurses to join our team to support leading the department to excellence.

This is a great opportunity for someone ready to take on their first charge nurse role or for an experienced nurse seeking a change. You’ll join a diverse, improvement-driven team and receive strong support to develop your skills in surgical care, leadership, and management. Working in a fast-paced environment, you’ll be fully supported by the multidisciplinary team.

This role will give you a great opportunity to develop and learn how to manage a consolidated nursing team, supporting the ward manager in the management of rosters, sickness, training and clinical auditing.

The unit is currently introducing an Enhanced Perioperative Care (EPOC) Model, designed to deliver holistic, high-quality care to surgical patients who are at increased risk of adverse outcomes. This is a rapidly evolving service, and successful candidates will play a vital role in shaping its development, helping it become an outstanding and integral part of the surgical perioperative pathway.

You will support the care and development of junior staff and student nurses, fostering a positive learning environment while planning, delivering, and maintaining high-quality nursing care for patients and their families.

Main duties of the job

To provide effective clinical and holistic individualised family centred care to the patients and families, ensuring delivery is to the highest standard. Maintaining evidenced based practice is performed at all times, being responsible for updating own knowledge and skills in line with the Trust polices, multidisciplinary team and the NMC Code. Developing leadership skills, actively participating in service development. To take charge and run the ward on a shift by shift basis, supporting the ward manager to deliver a well lead unit, act as an advocate for both staff and patients to ensure safe care to our patients.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.

Person specification

• Must hold a current NMC registration
• Assessment and discharge skills
• Excellent communication skills , verbal and non verbal
• Leadership/mentorship and teaching skills
• Previous experience of audits , investigations and governance
• Previous experience of running a shift and insight in resolving problems.
• Previous surgical nursing experience
• Previous acute care nursing experience

What we can offer you:

• Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
• Free car parking for our staff
• Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
• Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
• Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
• Access to NHS Pension scheme
• Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
• Onsite creche facilities
• Annual appraisals with career pathways
• In-house training courses
• Discounted hospital restaurant
• Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
• Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
• All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
• Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
• Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.