Senior Staff Nurse/ODP - Interventional Radiology/Cardiac Cath Lab

• Main area
• Interventional Radiology/Cardiac Cath Lab
• Grade
• Band 6
• Contract
• Permanent
• Hours
• Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Able to take on-calls and work where the department needs)
• Job ref
• 271-CCS-8164282
• Site
• Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
• Town
• London
• Salary
• £47,951 - £56,863 Inclusive per annum
• Salary period
• Yearly
• Closing
• 27/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you looking to learn and develop highly specialised skills in a supportive and innovative department where provision and maintenance of high quality & excellence of service to patients, parents and families is key. Do you have existing leadership/management skills and experience or feel that you have excellent leadership potential waiting to be developed. Do you want to work in a leading Paediatric Centre and to join our friendly and Child centred Interventional Radiology/Cardiac Cath Lab Team? If your answers to the above are ‘Yes’, then this position could be for you!

You will work within the Interventional Radiology and Cardiac Cath Lab Department therefore peri-operative experience, such as scrub and circulating, would be desirable. However, you will be given training and support in our specialist skills and in peri-operative care. We have an excellent and supportive Practice Education Team who will assist with your orientation and on-going professional development. The Interventional Radiology and Cardiac Catheter Lab run’s Monday to Friday 0800- 1800hrs, with a 24h on-call service, including weekends and Bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

The Interventional Radiology Team perform procedures that include central venous access device insertion, biopsy, airway intervention, feeding device insertion, vascular intervention, angiography, and angioplasty.

• To provide clinical leadership to a designated nursing team and ensure the provision of high quality nursing care to children and families.
• To act as a role model and expert clinical practitioner
• To assist in the safe, effective and efficient management of the department within allocated resources
• To promote a progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through research and evidence based practice
• To undertake delegated responsibility for the department in the absence of the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse

The Cardiac Cath lab carries out many cardiac procedures including

• ASD/PDA closures
• ICD implants
• Diagnostic catheters and combined MRI/angiography cases in our state of the art Cardiac Cath Lab suite.
• In addition we provide continuing care to our heart and lung transplant patients.

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 attachments.

Person specification

Combined Values

Essential criteria

• Combined Values

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential criteria

• NMC Registered Nurse or HCPC registered ODP (appropriate to clinical speciality)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development relating to clinical speciality – i.e. University Accredited modules e.g. Theatre Course, Leadership course
• Assessor or practice supervisor qualification/experience

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• 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 Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
• Understanding of the importance of research and evidence-based practice
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• Basic knowledge of computer skills
• Understanding of safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures
• Understanding of principles of clinical governance (e.g. risk management, audit, quality)
• Understating or evidence of fulfilling requirements for Revalidation

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

Desirable criteria

• Central venous access management

Please be advised that:

The recruitment process for all admin and clerical roles at Bands 2-4 will be a two stage recruitment process whereby shortlisted candidates will undertake an online literacy, numeracy, ICT and typing test. Only those candidates who pass the competency test will proceed to a formal interview.

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification criteria for this post will be shortlisted. Please note that where high volumes of applicants have been received, additional criteria may on occasion be used to determine the final shortlist.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer.

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.

Application numbers

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.