Autonomous Pre-Operative Assessment Nurse – Flexible Hours

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking a pre-operative nurse to hold an autonomous caseload and clinic, performing clinical duties with professional autonomy and the ability to make decisions independently.

You will use clinical reasoning to assess patients and facilitate optimal management, including ordering investigations and interpreting results, with referrals to other specialists when appropriate.

Responsibilities

• To hold responsibility for own caseload and clinic
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. Professional autonomy is the term describing the pre-op nurse’s ability to make decisions independent of other health care professionals
• To act independently and use clinical reasoning skills to assess patients.
• To facilitate optimal management of the patient using investigations, clinical reasoning, and evidence-based practice. To determine clinical indication and independently request specific medical procedures eg: echocardiograms, ECG’s, lung function tests and blood pathology results, interpret results for patients.
• To be responsible for appropriate referral of patients to other health professionals including consultant anaesthetists, diabetic specialists etc
• Use appropriate resources (e.g. interpreters) to communicate effectively with patients who have a different first language
• To be responsible for adhering to clinical guidelines and protocols within area of speciality in line with evidence-based practice and national guidelines. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.

Job description

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking a pre-operative nurse to hold an autonomous caseload and clinic, performing clinical duties with professional autonomy and the ability to make decisions independently.

You will use clinical reasoning to assess patients and facilitate optimal management, including ordering investigations and interpreting results, with referrals to other specialists when appropriate.