# Sister/ Charge Nurse/Team Leader – Cardiothoracic > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/sister-charge-nurseteam-leader-cardiothoracic/18d9223f-7bf6-491c-89e1-456e8bb8607f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/sister-charge-nurseteam-leader-cardiothoracic/18d9223f-7bf6-491c-89e1-456e8bb8607f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Team leader - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inc - **Contract type:** 12 months (Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-10T11:40:30.314Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/SBH_BARTS_HEART_CENTRE/SBH_BARTS_HEART_CENTRE-v8286926 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8286926?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Barts Heart Centre - Help us build one of Europe’s largest cardiovascular centres Cardiothoracic Surgery Band 6 Senior Theatre Nurse Practitioner/Associate Team Leader Cardiothoracic Theatres The new Barts Heart Centre has brought together the services of some of the best cardiovascular experts in the country who will work together to create a single specialist centre for cardiovascular disease to cover all our local communities. You will be joining us at an incredibly exciting time, as we realise a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve services for today’s patients and future generations and create a world class cardiovascular service. This post is for our Cardiothoracic Theatres. ### Main duties of the job The development of a new centre has created vacancies for Band 6 senior cardiothoracic scrub practitioners. We are looking to recruit skilled and experienced individuals who are looking for a new challenge. They will be providing clinical leadership support across the cardiac surgical programme delivered in a new 10 theatre complex with cardiac, thoracic, Robotic and thorocoabdominal aneurysm surgery, complex electrophysiology cases and the nationally recognised Heart Attack Centre which services North and East London. There is the opportunity to develop leadership skills, mentorship and development of junior staff members and look towards opportunities for further academic studies. There is the opportunity to develop your leadership skills, spend time mentoring junior staff and reinforcement of safe practice within a large theatre setting. We offer a wide range of development opportunities including extensive mandatory training, Band 6 development programme, the opportunity for further academic studies and attendance at external conferences and courses. If you like the sound of this exciting opportunity we would like to hear from you. ### 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. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good inter personal skills with the ability to communicate effectively using a variety of methods, both written and oral. - Ability to plan, allocate and supervise the work of the team. - Able to work in a fast changing challenging environment actively supporting and promoting planned change. - Good understanding of current NHS issues and requirement for efficiency and effectiveness whilst maintaining quality. - Evidence of competent clinical skills. - Able to encourage/instruct all staff to use resources effectively and efficiently. **Desirable** - Able to work within set time frames, with good prioritising skills in meeting deadlines. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience at band 5 Thoracic theatre scrub experience. - Supervision on non-registered staff. - Pre-registration and post basic students. - Evidence and ability to mentor. - Ability to manage the clinical area efficiently and effectively. - Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relatives/carers and staff. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered nurse. - Recognised post graduate theatre course. - Mentorship Course or equivelant. - Evidence of Leadership course/training. **Desirable** - Evidence of continuing professional development/education - Leadership course /completed programme. ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 411.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10604318) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.