Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse - Pre Assessment Unit

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in Ilford is seeking a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse for the Pre Assessment Unit to lead Nurse-led preoperative clinics and deliver safe, patient-centred care.

You will have substantial preoperative experience, supervise staff, and participate in training and development programmes as part of our PAU team.

Qualifications

• Evidence of research and audit work.
• Substantial preoperative assessment experience.
• Ability to lead and manage a team in a clinic setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead Nurse-led Pre-Assessment Clinics for elective procedures.
• Assess and prepare patients for surgery ensuring safe, individualised care.
• Supervise and co-ordinate staff, deputise for Senior Sister/Charge when needed.
• Contribute to training and development within PAU.

Skills

Evidence of research and audit

Education

Registered Nurse

Post registration qualification or evidence of equivalent experience in specialist area

Working towards Degree

Job description

Go back Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse - Pre Assessment Unit

The closing date is 27 September 2026

Our Pre assessment team is committed to delivering safe, high-quality and patient-centred care, ensuring patients are optimally prepared for their surgical journey.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to further develop their expertise. You must have previous experience working within a Pre-Assessment Unit or a similar pre-operative assessment service.

We are looking for nurses who can bring confidence, clinical expertise and experience to our demanding service environment and who are ready to take the next step in their professional development.

You will be expected to independently lead Nurse-led Pre-Assessment Clinics, assessing and preparing patients for elective procedures while ensuring that every patient receives safe, individualised and high-quality care.

We are committed to investing in our staff and offer an excellent training, education and development programme to support you in achieving your professional goals.

Bring your experience. Develop your expertise. Be part of our PAU team.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the individualised care of clients on their elective surgical pathway.

To provide and maintaining a high standard of nursing practice whilst co-ordinating and liaising with other staff, in line with Trust and CQC standards

To assist with support and supervision of students and junior members of the team

To supervise and co-ordinate other staff as appropriate and take charge of own pre-assessment clinic.

To demonstrate leadership and deputise in the absence of the Senior sister/ Charge

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.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 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.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a 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.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

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.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Post registration qualification or evidence of equivalent experience in specialist area
• Working towards Degree

Skills/ Abilities

• Evidence of research and audit work

Experience/ Knowledge

• Substantial experience Of working in a preoperative assessment unit

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.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

£45,953 to £54,254 a yearper annum inclusive