D Grade for newly qualified staff registered Nurses.
E Grade is for experienced staff with usually one to two years experience in the specific specialty area they are working
F Grade are also known as senior staff nurses and are regularly in charge of shifts. F grades also usually have specific post graduate education and training in order to apply for this position.
G Grade are also Known as Sister or Charge Nurses with a major component of their job involving management skills as well as being clinical specialists in the areas they are managing.
H Grade also known as Lead Managers and usually manage more than one department or ward and are responsible on a directorate level for many aspects of their directorate's performance management.
I Grade also known as Modern Matrons and their primary focus is management with a clinical focus and are usually specialist nurse who have both vast clinical and managerial experience in their specific specialty.
ODP is an operating Department Practitioner who has either Stand Alone NHS Approved Qualification as an Operating Department Practitioner or is a Registered Nurse who has studied a post graduate course to obtain this qualification. ODPs are graded as F Grades or Higher within the NHS