Senior Staff Nurse/Senior Odp - Theatres

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse / Senior ODP to join our highly specialised Theatre Team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to world‑class care within a leading children’s hospital, supporting infants, children, and young people with complex and specialist needs. As a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse/ Senior ODP at GOSH, you will provide visible clinical leadership, coordinating high‑quality, compassionate, and family‑centred care. You will act as a role model for best practice, supporting and supervising junior staff, student nurses, and newly qualified colleagues, while working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

You will play a key role in clinical decision‑making, patient safety, and service improvement, ensuring care is delivered in line with Trust policies, safeguarding standards, and national guidance. A strong commitment to embedding GOSH values, promoting inclusion, and supporting continuous improvement is essential. You will demonstrate excellent communication skills, advanced paediatric nursing competence, and the ability to lead and prioritise care in a complex and fast‑paced environment. You will be supported to develop your leadership and clinical expertise through access to education, specialist training, and ongoing professional development opportunities. At GOSH, you will join a supportive, innovative perioperative workforce dedicated to making a difference every day for children and their families.

Working for our organisation

We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.

Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.

We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.

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

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential criteria

• Combined GOSH Values

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential criteria

• NMC Registered Nurse/HCPC ODP (appropriate to clinical speciality)
• Relevant accredited qualification relating to clinical specialty
• Evidence of ongoing professional development relating to clinical speciality

Desirable criteria

• Assessor or practice supervisor qualification/experience

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience of having worked with acute/chronically sick children or specialised transferable skills
• Understanding of professional and current issues in children’s nursing
• Understanding of the importance of research and evidence‑based practice
• Basic knowledge of computer skills
• Understating or evidence of fulfilling requirements for Revalidation
• Understanding of safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures
• Understanding of principles of clinical governance ( risk management, audit, quality)

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of nursing practice and innovation outside of GOSH
• Knowledge of clinical incidents and complaints and reporting
• Previous experience in the relevant specialty of post (preferably in an NHS setting)

Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients
• Committed to family centred care
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Good time management and teaching skills
• Ability to work well both in a team and on own initiative
• Ability to delegate tasks as appropriate
• Demonstrates Compassion in practice

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