Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 162-7130-RS
- Employer
- Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queens Hospital
- Town
- Romford
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 Per Annum HCA inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 5 Operating Department Practitioner / Nurse Practitioner
Band 5
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Job overview
We are seeking a dedicated Band 5 Operating Department Practitioner / Nurse Practitioner to join our dynamic theatres team. In this role, you will be instrumental in delivering high-quality perioperative care across a wide range of surgical specialities. Our Theatre department comprises 16 operating theatres, specialising in Neuro, Gynaecology, Maxillofacial, Trauma, Ophthalmology, Vascular, and General Surgery. You will become a valued member of a supportive team that actively promotes learning and professional growth. Our experienced Education Team is committed to supporting your ongoing development throughout your time with us. Flexibility is essential, as this role involves early, late, twilight, long day, weekend, and night shifts to meet the needs of our service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder in liaison with the Team Leader is responsible for the assessment of care needs for all patients, ensuring appropriately planned care is implemented, evaluated and documented. The post holder will demonstrate good communication skills achieved by experience within the speciality and act as an anaesthetic practitioner within the limitations of the post holder’s qualifications.
Working for our organisation
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 Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
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 in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 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.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main 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.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details below
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner (RGN/RN/ODP).
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship/ Teaching: Supervisor/ Assessor qualification.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of own limitations.
Desirable criteria
- Post Registration experience of working in Theatres
- Standards for student supervision and assessment experience.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills with patients and colleagues of all disciplines
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Awong
- Job title
- Deputy Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01708 435000
- Additional information
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