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Job summary

Main area
Surgery
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time
Job ref
162-7571-SURG
Employer
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
QH Theatres
Town
Romford
Salary
£44,485 - £52,521 Per Annum HCA inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/02/2026 23:59

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Band 6 Anesthetic practitioner

Band 6

 

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This video gives a flavour of what it is like to work at our Trust and why some of our staff love working here 💙

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Job overview

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Anesthetic practitioner with a recognised post graduate anesthetic nursing qualification or ODP qualification to join our dynamic anesthetic team at Queens Hospital BHRUT. You must have extensive anesthetic experience in various specialties in the perioperative field to become the successful candidate. This is a permanent post in Main Theatres. The department operates 24/7 365 days a year including bank holidays.

We have 16 operating theatres with various specialities including Neurosurgery, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, ENT, Trauma, Gynaecology, Maxillo Facial, Pain and Obstetrics and work across two sites Queens Hospital and King Georges Hospital. You will be committed to clinical excellence, with effective communication, interpersonal and organisational skills. You should have a flexible approach to working hours.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

To provide integrated clinical leadership to a team of Anesthetic Practitioners nurses within the department in order to care for patients in the Operating Theatre environment to the highest possible standard and to develop practice with support from the Anesthetic Team Leader.

 To assume responsibility for the operational management of staff and resources in the absence of the Team Leader, taking a lead in a specific aspect of operational management in the Theatre setting.

 To act as a role model and create an environment that promotes excellence in Theatre practice and empowers staff to develop high levels of clinical skills and autonomy.

 

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. 

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. 

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 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. 

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance

We run a 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. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

The majority of our 8,400 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.

Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in this film.  

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.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact 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 above.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Operating Department Practitioner or Registered Nurse
  • Practice supervisor/ Practice assessor
Desirable criteria
  • Management or leadership qualification/certificate
  • Degree in Professional Practice or working towards

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Essential knowledge of your own specialty and current Theatre issues

Skills/ Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Significant post registration experience within Theatres

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Lisa Awong
Job title
Deputy Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01708 435 000
Additional information

Ext 6763

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