Sister/ Charge Nurse/ Principal ODP - Theatres

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse/Principal ODP to lead the Cardiac and Vascular Theatres at St Thomas' Main Theatres. The successful candidate will have a strong clinical background, managerial experience, and will support a motivated team in delivering high-quality patient care. This role offers the chance for personal and professional growth within one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK.

Benefits

Training and support for professional development

Access to Clinical Academy for skill enhancement

Flexible shift patterns

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/ODP on the NMC or HCPC register.
• Experience of managing a team including HR, recruitment, PDR.
• Evidence of quality improvement work.

Responsibilities

• Lead the department team and promote effective multi-disciplinary working.
• Manage nursing and AHP staff to ensure high-quality clinical care.
• Monitor budget statements and take corrective actions as necessary.

Skills

Advanced clinical skills

Managerial skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Post registration qualification in appropriate area of specialty

Mentorship course or equivalent

Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development

Leadership course

Job description

Sister/ Charge Nurse/ Principal ODP - Theatres

Band 7

Main area Theatres Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 196-NM12978

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Thomas'Hospital Town London Salary £54,320 - £60,981 p.a inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 30/06/2025 23:59

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

''Leading with care, driven by ambition, and united in inclusion- delivering excellence in every procedure''

Internal candidates with managerial and leadership experience, must have peri-operative course, leadership course and practiced skills.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Sister/ Charge Nurse/ Principal ODP to lead our Cardiac and Vascular Theatres at St Thomas' Main Theatres.

You will be an experienced scrub practitioner- cardiovascular experience desirable but not essential. You will oversee various clinical and non-clinical responsibilities within St Thomas' Main Theatres.

As a team, we are dedicated to providing the best possible standards of care for patients undergoing planned procedures in a wide range of surgical specialties including emergency and trauma.

Closing date: 30th June 2025 midnight

Interview date: 10th July 2025

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic, dedicated and enthusiastic individual who displays the skills required to enable and motivate teams.

Your leadership style will be critical as you positively facilitate, coach, drive and support all staff within your team to understand and collectively deliver the agreed goals and targets of our service.

You will be able to demonstrate strong clinical credibility, be committed to the development of staff and drive change within our service.

You will need to be proactive, self-motivated, have very strong interpersonal skills, and a vision for service improvement. You will be expected to actively support, coordinate and assist in the management and delivery of high quality care to patients during the peri-operative phase of their care.

You will be expected to support overall operational and managerial responsibilities in theatres in conjunction with the existing Band 7 team and work generically overseeing all areas. You will be joining an existing skilled senior team where you will contribute to the management of clinical and non clinical duties. You will strive to support the Trust surgical performance strategy and have oversight on staff development, safe staffing, rostering, theatre scheduling, budget management and patient experience.

The Band 7 will be accountable to the Matron, and work in partnership with the senior management team in the delivery of the best possible standards of care for patients accessing our service.

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

What can we offer you?

Training and support is provided whilst we develop your existing skills and knowledge.

Personal and professional growth is encouraged and you will be able to join the directorates Clinical Academy to professionally develop. In addition you will be eligible to apply for a range of opportunities in the Trust’s Nursing Nightingale Academy which has a strong focus on education and career development.

We also offer a range of courses which are available through our Affiliated Tertiary Centres where you will have the opportunity to develop your skills.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the Department team and build successful links between key professionals to support and promote effective multi-disciplinary team working.
• Manage the department nursing/ AHP/HCA staff, ensuring the patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
• Be wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC/ HCPC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
• Communicate effectively and efficiently and liaise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that patients receive seamless care within the trust.
• Act as a professional leader and role model to the staff. To apply clinical skills of the highest standard and to take a proactive approach to the development of clinical competence in self and others.
• Maximise use of clinical resources, implementing best practice in patient flow, admission and discharge arrangements.
• Monitor monthly budget statements, identifying trends, understanding spending patterns in order to stay in budget and to take action as required.
• Comply with the Trust’s standing financial instructions.
• Ensure that the departments have adequate resources / equipment to provide an effective service.
• Develop and maintain effective channels of communication between all members of the multi disciplinary team.
• Identify and intervene where circumstances contribute to an unsafe environment for patients and staff. To bring instances to the attention of the Matron / Head of Nursing for the area.
• Lead and support the ward team through the process of change, demonstrating tenacity, drive, professional integrity, balance and perspective.
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Motivate, develop, support and identify training needs for department staff.
• Implement and work within the Trust’s HR policies on all staffing matters, including sickness, capability and disciplinary issues. Take corrective measures if indicated in liaison with Human Resources and the Matron.
• Work with the Matron and Human Resources Department in the recruitment, selection, appointment and retention of staff.
• Participate in appraisals and the setting of objectives for junior staff in the department to enable them to achieve optimal effectiveness and to understand their contribution to the directorate.
• Working closely with the Practice Development Team, ensure that relevant clinical based teaching programmes are in place and maintain accurate training records.
• Ensure that staff attend and assist in training where appropriate on mandatory training sessions and maintain accurate records of these.
• Adhere to trust and departmental policies and procedures, ensuring that all staff do the same.
• Ensure that the delivery of care to all patients meet the standards set by yourself and the Trust.
• Identify opportunities to develop new ways of working and challenge, change and expand roles, working in conjunction with the Education and Practice Development Team/s, Matrons and Head of Nursing.
• To undertake audit and monitoring of the department/ward and participate in the implementation of changes to improve service delivery.

Person specification

Values and Behaviour

• Values and Behaviour

Skills

• Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills
• Proven listening / counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situation and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes.
• Able to present articulately to groups of people
• Able to use basic Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Healthroster
• Ability to clinically lead & influence staff
• Example of strong leadership

Qualifications

• RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse/ODP on the NMC or HCPC register
• Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development
• Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality
• Mentorship course or equivalent or knowledge and experience of teaching techniques and learners needs
• Leadership course
• To have or working towards a masters degree

Experience

• Experience of mentoring/supervising/ assessing students in practice
• Experience of managing a team including HR, recruitment, PDR
• Experience of involvement in educational initiatives
• Management of staffing and supply budgets effectively
• Experience of audit / research based nursing practice
• Evidence of planning surgery with surgical specialities and troubleshooting
• Evidence of quality improvement work
• Evidence of managing difficult conversations

Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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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.

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