Table 3.

Breakdown of number of nursing, healthcare assistants or decontamination staff per service, vacancy rate and percentage absence through sickness in March 2021

Role	WTE per service median (IQR)	Vacancy rate (% of vacancy out of total desired pool) Mean±SD	Absence through sickness (%) Mean±SD
Band 8—nurse lead over large service/multiple sites	0.6 (0–1)	5.2%±20.1%	0.06%±0.6%
Band 7—nurse lead/senior sister/charge nurse	1 (1–1)	4.1%±16.4%	1.11%±7.1%
Band 6—senior nurse/ODP/nurse lead/sister	2.3 (1–4.6)	8.0%±18.0%	3.31%±12.0%
Band 5—registered nurses, operating department practitioners	9.7 (2.9–20.5)	16.5%±20.2%	6.5%±10.5%
Band 4—assistant practitioners, senior healthcare assistants with expanded roles	0.8 (0–2)	6.0%±16.1%	2.0%±9.8%
Band 3—decontamination staff, healthcare assistants	2 (1–5.3)	10.3%±21.2%	3.67%±9.7%
Band 2—decontamination staff, healthcare assistants	2 (0.5–6.6)	9.2%±16.1%	5.1%±13.3%

ODP, operating department practitioner; WTE, whole time equivalent.