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259 HEADS OF NURSING NUH
Grade
Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-7117887NUH-A
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Newham Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£67,950 - £78,028 per annum inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Senior Nurse - Surgery

Band 8b

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented, enthusiastic individual to join our surgical division as a Senior Nurse for Critical care, inpatient and outpatient services incorporating our specialist Orthopaedic centre. We are looking for an innovative, compassionate leader that will help support and develop the current team while upholding the Trust Values.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will ensure ward sisters have adequate support to enable them to focus on their core responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree level registered nurse
  • Educated to Masters level (or working towards)
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development in relevant area of speciality supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training and CPD
  • Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
  • Leadership/management qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working within the specialty of critical care/acute care in a senior nursing role
  • Teaching, mentorship and supervision of staff
  • Practice development including policy development
  • Audit / research based nursing practice
  • Resource management
  • Change management
  • Leading and developing a team
  • Effective budget management
  • Complaints handling
  • Trust wide initiatives/committee membership
  • Working at a senior nursing level at band 8a
  • Delivering training

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
  • Ability to develop protocols and guidelines
  • Understands the role of clinical governance and audit in provision of high quality critical care
  • Knowledge of clinical incident and risk management
  • Knowledge of infection control issues
  • Budget and peoples management

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of both theoretical and practical skills and competency in critical care/acute care management
  • Ability to lead and inspire a large team
  • Evidence of leadership skills
  • Works under own initiative with good organisational skills, can work to deadlines
  • Able to use problem solving skills
  • Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
  • Formal presentation skills
  • Able to utilize IT to full potential
  • Analyse complex information to make operational decisions
  • Capable of working strategically
  • Ability to manage change and deal with complex and difficult situations
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Donna Adcock
Job title
Associate Director of Nursing
Email address
[email protected]
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