3971 - Sister/Charge Nurse (Generic)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 18/09/2026
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Role summary
The Theatre Arrivals Sister/Charge Nurse will provide clinical and operational leadership within the Theatre Admissions/Arrivals area. They will ensure patients are safely assessed, prepared, and transferred through the perioperative pathway in a timely and compassionate manner. The role involves visible leadership, promoting high standards of patient care, and working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure smooth theatre pathway operations. The post holder will act as a senior clinical resource, supporting staff with complex situations and decision-making.
Essential criteria
- 1st level registered nurse
- Educated to diploma level (or working towards)
- Evidence of relevant post registration education and development
- Skills and Abilities
- Effective interpersonal /communication
- Effective decision-making
- Effective influencing
- Effective team working
- Ability to monitor, maintain and improve service delivery
- Effective change management
- Significant experience at band 5 in specialty
Desirable criteria
- Pre-Assessment experience
- Recognised leadership development program attendance
- Knowledge and Awareness
- Current healthcare issues
- Quality benchmarking
- Quality, audit and its application
- Clinical governance
- Healthcare commission standards for better health
- Risk management and NHSLA
- Health and safety
- Confidentiality
- Statutory and professional requirements
- NHS policy
- Values based Questions
- Please describe in around 100 words describe a time when you were under pressure but remained calm, compassionate and focused at work
- Please describe in around 100 words: What motivates you to do a good job?
- 1st level registered nurse
- Educated to diploma level (or working towards)
- Evidence of relevant post registration education and development
- Skills and Abilities
- Effective interpersonal /communication
- Effective decision-making
- Effective influencing
- Effective team working
- Ability to monitor, maintain and improve service delivery
- Effective change management
- Significant experience at band 5 in specialty
- Pre-Assessment experience
- Recognised leadership development program attendance
- Knowledge and Awareness
- Current healthcare issues
- Quality benchmarking
- Quality, audit and its application
- Clinical governance
- Healthcare commission standards for better health
- Risk management and NHSLA
- Health and safety
- Confidentiality
- Statutory and professional requirements
- NHS policy
- Values based Questions
- Please describe in around 100 words describe a time when you were under pressure but remained calm, compassionate and focused at work
- Please describe in around 100 words: What motivates you to do a good job?
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
3971 - Sister/Charge Nurse (Generic)
The closing date is 18 September 2026
Job summary
The Theatre Arrivals Sister will provide effective clinical and operational leadership within the Theatre Admissions/Arrivals area, ensuring that patients are safely assessed, prepared and transferred through the perioperative pathway in a timely, compassionate and efficient manner.
Working as an experienced Registered Nurse, the post holder will provide visible leadership to the nursing and support team, promoting high standards of patient care, safety and professional practice. They will work closely with surgical, anaesthetic, theatre and multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure that patients are appropriately prepared for their procedure and that the operating theatre pathway runs smoothly.
The post holder will act as a senior clinical resource within the department, supporting staff with complex clinical situations, escalation of concerns and effective decision-making.
The interview date for this role is 02/10/2026
Main duties of the job
As the Band 6 Theatre Arrivals Sister, you will provide senior nursing leadership within the Theatre Arrivals area and ensure that patients receive safe, effective and compassionate care from arrival through to transfer into theatre.
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