An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Outpatient Department nursing team, as we move forward with different ways of working, for our patients requiring consultation, first line investigations and treatment. Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) Outpatients comprises of 2 main departments at King George and Queens Hospital whilst facilitating clinics in the community at both Barking, Brentwood Community Hospital, Harold Wood polyclinics and St Georges HUB, Hornchurch.
The successful applicant will be joining a team of dedicated skilled staff, which include Health Care Assistants, Nurse Associates, Staff Nurses, Sisters, alongside trainee staff. The role is across site, working Trustwide in collaboration with Band 7 peer, Matron and OPD Admin Management, ensuring supportive leadership, staff management whilst managing the delivery of the service. We are looking for enthusiastic, motivation, flexibility, hardworking, positive thinking whilst adhering to the Trust PRIDE values.
The main purpose of the role is to act as a role model, providing leadership, clinical and staff management, giving advice, support and teaching whilst co-ordinating the Outpatient nursing team in the clinical area. To demonstrate advanced clinical specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of individualised evidence based patient centred care, in line with Trust and CQC standards, while supervising the work of others.
To have responsibility for operational management of staff and resources for Outpatient Department.
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. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 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.
Our patients are benefitting from our 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 in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 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.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
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 Paul Awosika, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5989. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above

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