Job summary
Would you like to join Londons leading nursing team? We are looking for a Staff Nurse to join our busy pre-assessment department, specialising in providing care to a variety of surgical specialties, including urology, gastrointestinal surgery and plastics/cosmetic surgery.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work as part of the Pre-Assessment service ensuring safe and effective pre-operative care. The post holder is responsible for ensuring the safe assessment of patients in line with Hospital and National guidelines. The candidate must aim to deliver high standards of care within a patient centred approach. The post holder must work efficiently and effectively and be able to work within a team environment. The post holder must be able to demonstrate an advanced level of assessment skills with analysis of clinical findings to determine fitness to proceed to surgery.
About us
Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our luxury private Hospital has an international reputation for providing the highest quality of care to patients and is unique in that all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns
Why work for us?
At our Hospital we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer our employees a wide range of benefits; from 27 days annual leave, generous private healthcare cover, contributory pension schemes including continuation of the NHS pension.
Working with us, all eligible employees receive;
- Competitive pay with progressive band structuring
- Private healthcare cover of up to £20,000 per year
- Ongoing training and development programmes
- Discounts at local, national and online shops
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- Cycle to work loan scheme
- Employee "Service Excellence" recognition rewards
If you are ready for a new challenge and relish the chance to become part of a successful, forward thinking organisation then we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What would be my responsibilities as Pre-assessment Staff Nurse?
- Working autonomously, completes Pre-Assessment for a caseload of patients, undertaking a targeted history with assessment of past medical, operative and anaesthetic history.
- Prioritizes patients in based on the triage pathway and optimizing them in High risk clinic based on the validated health questionnaire.
- Completes testing as per NICE guidelines, interprets and manages the results, and where appropriate initiates relevant referrals to appropriate health care team.
- Completes venepuncture, ECG, lung function testing and requesting of x-ray as per policy.
- Identifies patients with specific health issues and undertakes relevant risk scoring where indicated and manages the results.
- Demonstrates appropriate review of previous anaesthetic documentation and is able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key factors that would require referral for anaesthetist assessment
- Follows up on outcomes of referrals to ensure fitness to proceed.
- Provides support and advice for patients, carers, family and staff.
- To be competent in Lifebox pre-assessment software to ensure accurate health records are kept at all times
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct and Hospitals Policies, Procedures, Protocols and Standards at all times
Job description
Job responsibilities
What would be my responsibilities as Pre-assessment Staff Nurse?
- Working autonomously, completes Pre-Assessment for a caseload of patients, undertaking a targeted history with assessment of past medical, operative and anaesthetic history.
- Prioritizes patients in based on the triage pathway and optimizing them in High risk clinic based on the validated health questionnaire.
- Completes testing as per NICE guidelines, interprets and manages the results, and where appropriate initiates relevant referrals to appropriate health care team.
- Completes venepuncture, ECG, lung function testing and requesting of x-ray as per policy.
- Identifies patients with specific health issues and undertakes relevant risk scoring where indicated and manages the results.
- Demonstrates appropriate review of previous anaesthetic documentation and is able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key factors that would require referral for anaesthetist assessment
- Follows up on outcomes of referrals to ensure fitness to proceed.
- Provides support and advice for patients, carers, family and staff.
- To be competent in Lifebox pre-assessment software to ensure accurate health records are kept at all times
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct and Hospitals Policies, Procedures, Protocols and Standards at all times
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current NMC registration in adult or general nursing
- Educated to first degree level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration skills
- Minimum of 3 years post-registration in nursing field
Desirable
- Previous experience in providing nurse led pre-assessment services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current NMC registration in adult or general nursing
- Educated to first degree level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration skills
- Minimum of 3 years post-registration in nursing field
Desirable
- Previous experience in providing nurse led pre-assessment services.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
