Senior Staff Nurse/ODP (Nurse-Led Sedation Team/APOA)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced Nurse or ODP to join the Anaesthetic Pre-op Assessment and Sedation Service. The post holder will act as a clinical expert, providing leadership and high-quality care to children and families. Key responsibilities include undertaking pre-operative assessments, planning and evaluating patient care, and providing advanced clinical care within the sedation department. The role involves effective communication with multidisciplinary teams and supporting the development of clinical protocols.
Essential criteria
- Our Always values
- Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
- Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
- Academic/Professional qualification/Training
- NMC Registered Nurse (Child) or HCPC registered ODP (appropriate to clinical speciality).
- Willingness to undertake modules at master's level if required for service provision
- Willingness to undertake in house development programmes necessary for the role, such as a band 6 development/leadership courses.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development relating to clinical speciality
- Basic Life Support
Desirable criteria
- Assessor or practice supervisor qualification/experience
- APLS/EPLS
- Experience/Knowledge
- Demonstrates extensive experience within the paediatric setting
- Teaching, supervision, and managerial experience
- Experience of coordinating and managing patient care
- Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues
- Handling safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures
- Understating or evidence of fulfilling PREP requirements for Revalidation
- Awareness of equality and diversity
- Information Technology/Computer literate
- Committed to providing excellent Family Centred Care
- Understanding of professional and current issues in children's nursing.
- Previous experience of research and audit
- Previous experience of change management and problem solving
- Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints
- Previous experience in critical care, anaesthetics, recovery, day surgery unit or sedation
- Skills/Abilities
- Excellent paediatric clinical skills
- Relevant specialist skills and abilities for specialty
- Effective managerial, leadership and organizational skills
- Ability to work well both in a team and on own initiative
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Effective teaching, training and preceptorship skills
- Ability to delegate and prioritise
- Administration of IV drugs
- Administering medication under patient group directives
- Able to motivate and develop a team of staff
- Able to problem solve and initiate change
- Able to work across professional team and organizational boundaries
- Willingness to undertake in house development programme necessary for the role, such as a band 6 development/leadership courses.
- Paediatric pre-assessment course or willingness to undertake.
- Phlebotomy and cannulation skills
- Willingness to undertake modules at master's level including advanced assessment and non-medical prescribing if required for service provision.
- GOSH Culture and Values
- Our Always values
- Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
- Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
- Academic/Professional qualification/Training
- NMC Registered Nurse (Child) or HCPC registered ODP (appropriate to clinical speciality).
- Willingness to undertake modules at master's level if required for service provision
- Willingness to undertake in house development programmes necessary for the role, such as a band 6 development/leadership courses.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development relating to clinical speciality
- Basic Life Support
- Assessor or practice supervisor qualification/experience
- APLS/EPLS
- Experience/Knowledge
- Demonstrates extensive experience within the paediatric setting
- Teaching, supervision, and managerial experience
- Experience of coordinating and managing patient care
- Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues
- Handling safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures
- Understating or evidence of fulfilling PREP requirements for Revalidation
- Awareness of equality and diversity
- Information Technology/Computer literate
- Committed to providing excellent Family Centred Care
- Understanding of professional and current issues in children's nursing.
- Previous experience of research and audit
- Previous experience of change management and problem solving
- Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints
- Previous experience in critical care, anaesthetics, recovery, day surgery unit or sedation
- Skills/Abilities
- Excellent paediatric clinical skills
- Relevant specialist skills and abilities for specialty
- Effective managerial, leadership and organizational skills
- Ability to work well both in a team and on own initiative
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Effective tea
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Staff Nurse/ODP (Nurse-Led Sedation Team/APOA)
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Nurse or ODP to rise to the challenge and join our expanding Anaesthetic Pre-op Assessment and Sedation Service.
Previous pre-op assessment skills or sedation experience is preferred but not essential. Teaching and support will be provided in areas such as assessment skills, cannulation, venepuncture, airway management and management skills as required.
We are committed to your training and development, and you will be supported by the Clinical Nurse Specialists, Advanced Clinical Practitioner and Lead Consultant.
Main duties of the job
To be a clinical expert within the specialty
To provide clinical leadership to a designated nursing team (Sedation and APOA) and ensure the provision of high-quality nursing care to children and families
To undertake anaesthetic pre-operative assessment of elective patients that are being admitted for a procedure or operation under general anaesthetic
To ensure that each child or young person is assessed, and that their care is planned, implemented and evaluated in negotiation with the family, and that this is accurately documented
To provide advanced clinical care through health assessment, initiation of treatment, formula
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