Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Ilford is looking for a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to oversee clinical excellence in our state-of-the-art Operating Theatres. This role involves managing nursing staff and ensuring high-quality patient care. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in theatre settings and possess a Registered Nurse qualification. A competitive salary of £53,751 to £60,651 is offered with development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a current practicing license.
• Experience working in Operating Theatres is essential.
• Leadership skills required for managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership in the Operating Theatre.
• Manage staff and resources in the absence of the Team Leader.
• Ensure high standards of patient care are maintained.

Skills

Current Experience of working in Operating Theatres

Theatre Course

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

Go back Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse

The closing date is 12 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Theatres in King George Hospital for highly motivated and driven Registered Nurses. We are one of the 8 Trust in the entire NHS to be known as established Surgical Elective Hub. We offer the best training and development programme for our staff. We are proud to offer pioneering cutting-edge technology having recently introduced the Da vinci robotic General, colorectal, upper GI, Urology, Gyanecology surgeries and stryker Orthopaedic robot for joint replacement surgeries in our department with 7 Operating Theatres.

We are proud to announce that, we will be opening 2 newly built ultra-modern operating Theatres in April 2024. As a senior theatre practitioner, with experience in multiple specialities, you will assist in integrated clinical leadership to care for patients in the Operating Theatre environment to the highest possible standard and to develop practice with support from the Team Leader.

You will be a valuable member of our supportive theatre team. We encourage learning and have an experienced Education Team who are committed to support your ongoing professional and educational developments.

Main duties of the job

To provide integrated clinical leadership to a team of nurses within the department in order to care for patients in the Operating Theatre environment, to the highest possible standard and to develop practice with support from the Team Leader.

To assume responsibility for the operational management of staff and resources in the absence of the Team Leader, taking a lead in a specific aspect of operational management in the Theatre setting.

To act as a role model and create an environment that promotes excellence in Theatre nursing practice and empowers staff to develop high levels of clinical skills and autonomy.

To contribute to the effective day to day operations of the Operating Theatres by providing skilled assistance to all staff during the administration, maintenance and termination of general, regional or local anaesthetics and surgical interventions, by undertaking Scrub/Circulating or Recovery duties.

The post holder will manage the multi-disciplinary team in the routine daily planning of the operating theatre/recovery by:

• Ensuring prescribed care is implemented for patients in the Operating Theatre setting
• Ensuring that patient care is non-discriminatory and non-prejudicial
• Ensuring all care is delivered and within Trust and Theatres policies and procedures

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we've been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Registered Nurse

Skills/ Abilities

• Current Experience of working in Operating Theatres
• Theatre Course

Experience/ Knowledge

• Essential knowledge of your own speciality and current Theatre issues
• Leadership Course

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.

£53,751 to £60,651 a year per annum inclusive