Job summary
Are you an experienced nurse with a passion for delivering excellent high quality care? If so the PreAMS has an exciting opportunity to enhance and develop your nursing career.
PreAMS is an innovative service which plays a vital role in optimising patients prior to surgery. We are looking for dynamic and forward thinking individuals with a surgical background to provide education and clinical leadership within our team. The ideal candidate will have proven health assessment skills and ideally be an independent non-medical prescriber or working towards this qualification.
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of high complexity clinics and acting as a clinical resource for members of the wider PreAMS team. A list of main tasks and duties are outlined below but are not exhaustive due to the evolving nature of this unique role and service.
We currently provide a 7 day service across both sites and there is opportunity for flexible working.
Main duties of the job
- To work as an autonomous senior clinical Nurse Practitioner within a Nurse-Led Service across both Royal Stoke and County sites.
- Managing their own patient caseload daily and overseeing the caseloads of junior colleagues as requested. The Practitioner has personal responsibility for undertaking a nursing assessment of patients prior to admission for elective surgery, and for arranging care provision for the patient on admission to hospital and commencement of discharge planning.
- To provide the patients and their carer(s) information regarding their surgery and anaesthesia. Ensuring every patient is fully informed about their proposed procedure and the interventions that will need to be undertaken.
- To assess adult patients' fitness for anaesthesia prior to elective surgery, by undertaking the clerking, medical and anaesthetic history of a patient and undertake a honed physical examination to ensure appropriate investigations are carried out and prescribing medications as guided by agreed protocols. This includes the referring of patients for relevant investigations, following up those results and acting upon them to determine suitability for surgery in liaison with multidisciplinary colleagues
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work as an autonomous senior clinical Nurse Practitioner within a Nurse-Led Service.
- Managing their own patient caseload daily and overseeing the caseloads of junior colleagues as requested. The Practitioner has personal responsibility for undertaking a nursing assessment of patients prior to admission for elective surgery, and for arranging care provision for the patient on admission to hospital and commencement of discharge planning.
- To provide the patients and their carer(s) information regarding their surgery and anaesthesia. Ensuring every patient is fully informed about their proposed procedure and the interventions that will need to be undertaken
- To assess adult patients fitness for anaesthesia prior to elective surgery, by undertaking the clerking, medical and anaesthetic history of a patient and undertake a honed physical examination to ensure appropriate investigations are carried out and prescribing medications as guided by agreed protocols. This includes the referring of patients for relevant investigations, following up those results and acting upon them to determine suitability for surgery in liaison with multidisciplinary colleagues.
Acting as a clinical resource to the nursing workforce within the service. Setting standards and seeking out opportunities for service improvement
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work as an autonomous senior clinical Nurse Practitioner within a Nurse-Led Service.
- Managing their own patient caseload daily and overseeing the caseloads of junior colleagues as requested. The Practitioner has personal responsibility for undertaking a nursing assessment of patients prior to admission for elective surgery, and for arranging care provision for the patient on admission to hospital and commencement of discharge planning.
- To provide the patients and their carer(s) information regarding their surgery and anaesthesia. Ensuring every patient is fully informed about their proposed procedure and the interventions that will need to be undertaken
- To assess adult patients fitness for anaesthesia prior to elective surgery, by undertaking the clerking, medical and anaesthetic history of a patient and undertake a honed physical examination to ensure appropriate investigations are carried out and prescribing medications as guided by agreed protocols. This includes the referring of patients for relevant investigations, following up those results and acting upon them to determine suitability for surgery in liaison with multidisciplinary colleagues.
Acting as a clinical resource to the nursing workforce within the service. Setting standards and seeking out opportunities for service improvement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- Degree/Master level study
- Teaching qualification
- Health assessment qualification
Desirable
- non medical prescriber
- ALS
- clinical diagnostics course
Experience
Essential
- 5 years post registration and 3 years preoperative experience
- excellent communication skills
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- evidence of formal/informal teaching to groups
- On-going professional development
- clinial reasoning and problem solving
Desirable
- Formal leadership/management training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- Degree/Master level study
- Teaching qualification
- Health assessment qualification
Desirable
- non medical prescriber
- ALS
- clinical diagnostics course
Experience
Essential
- 5 years post registration and 3 years preoperative experience
- excellent communication skills
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- evidence of formal/informal teaching to groups
- On-going professional development
- clinial reasoning and problem solving
Desirable
- Formal leadership/management training
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
