Job summary
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the patient is fit for an anaesthetic during surgery. This will involve taking a patients full medical history, and the ordering of investigations as deemed necessary
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role are to access a patients suitability and fitness for surgery and anaesthesia using agreed protocols. The successful post holder will be expected to take a full detailed patient history. Carry out a Clinical examination of the patient. Where identified you will be required to order diagnostic tests and action results obtained.
The candidate will require excellent communication skills, and the need to communicate with a wide range of disciplines is essential .
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be required to ensure a patient fitness to undergo an anaesthetic. The clinics are predominately nurse led, and will involve a physical examination of the patient along with obtaining a full medical history. Where identified the post holder will undertake the ordering of appropriate investigations and actioning any results.
Communication with all MDT members is cruical to ensure patient safety
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be required to ensure a patient fitness to undergo an anaesthetic. The clinics are predominately nurse led, and will involve a physical examination of the patient along with obtaining a full medical history. Where identified the post holder will undertake the ordering of appropriate investigations and actioning any results.
Communication with all MDT members is cruical to ensure patient safety
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written
- Able to work without supervision
- Teaching & assessing experience
- Competence in venepuncture
- Competence in Consent for Research
- Competence in Tissue donation consent
- Skills in change management and project development
Desirable
- Ability to adapt to change within working situations
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of surgical preassessment
- Evidence of up-to-date standards of clinical practice
- Experience of audit.
Desirable
- Experience of telephone preassessment
- Experience in care of patients undergoing all forms of surgery
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registration
- CPD Clinical Examination
- Evidence of professional development
- Teaching Certificate
Desirable
- Nursing degree or working towards a degree
- Counseling course
Other
Essential
- Flexible
- Assertive
- Committed
- Motivated and able to motivate others
- Calm and objective
- Ability to adapt to changing needs of the service
- Positive and proactive approach to problem solving
- Able to think laterally
Desirable
- Demonstrates an understanding of the principles of evidence-based practice
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written
- Able to work without supervision
- Teaching & assessing experience
- Competence in venepuncture
- Competence in Consent for Research
- Competence in Tissue donation consent
- Skills in change management and project development
Desirable
- Ability to adapt to change within working situations
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of surgical preassessment
- Evidence of up-to-date standards of clinical practice
- Experience of audit.
Desirable
- Experience of telephone preassessment
- Experience in care of patients undergoing all forms of surgery
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registration
- CPD Clinical Examination
- Evidence of professional development
- Teaching Certificate
Desirable
- Nursing degree or working towards a degree
- Counseling course
Other
Essential
- Flexible
- Assertive
- Committed
- Motivated and able to motivate others
- Calm and objective
- Ability to adapt to changing needs of the service
- Positive and proactive approach to problem solving
- Able to think laterally
Desirable
- Demonstrates an understanding of the principles of evidence-based practice
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).
