Band 6 Pre Assessment Nurse

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Enfield; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HCAS included

Job summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a capable Endoscopy Nurse Lead to manage the Pre-Assessment Clinic for inpatients and day-case procedures. You will assess patient fitness, coordinate with the multidisciplinary team, and ensure seamless transfer from pre-assessment to surgery.

The role requires extensive Endoscopy experience, JAG/JETS familiarity, and leadership to mentor junior staff while delivering high-quality care in a busy Trust environment.

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration Endoscopy nursing experience.
• Completed JAG/JETS courses or equivalent.
• Proven experience in managing teams and change management.
• Good knowledge of budgeting/financial management.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Nurse Led Pre-Assessment Clinic for Inpatient and Day Case Endoscopy patients.
• Assess patients’ fitness and liaise with multidisciplinary team to ensure smooth pathway.
• Lead and mentor junior staff; drive audits and projects in line with Trust standards.

Skills

Endoscopy nursing experience

Team leadership

Budgeting knowledge

Education

RGN

Teaching and assessing qualification

CPD evidence

Job description

The post holder should be able to manage the Nurse Led Pre-Assessment Clinic for Inpatient and Day Cases undergoing Various Endoscopy procedures in the Trust in absence of the line manager. They are expected to have significant medical and surgical background, sound knowledge of JAG, JETS, BSG, CQC standards of work to ensure the seamless transition of patients through pre-assessment to the day of Surgery. The post holder would be responsible for assessing patient's fitness, from the waiting list and liaising with other relevant members of the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

• Ensure patients are pre-assessed prior to undergoing various Endoscopy Diagnostic and Therapeutic procedures.
• To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of each individual patient's care, taking into consideration the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs.
• To be able to take a full comprehensive medical history present and past including the social history from the patients.
• Assess the suitability for patients requiring an Endoscopy procedure by providing appropriate routine investigations and assessment.
• Arrange other specialist investigations i.e. Echocardiogram and Respiratory Function test, lab investigation etc., anti-coagulation dosing regimen , cardiac device checks.
• Provide support and information to patients and relatives on all aspects of surgery prior to admission, which includes Health Education.
• To work with agreed Local and National Pre- Assessment protocols and guidelines supported by and in conjunction with the Modernisation Agency.
• The supervision of junior staff and teaching of qualified/unqualified staff including learner nurses.
• To lead the team when designated ensuring the maintenance of a high and safe standard of care.
• To ensure that medical instructions are implemented as appropriate, report fully on patient status to the medical and nursing staff.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ics's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ics infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job responsibilities

The post holder should be able to manage the Nurse Led Pre-Assessment Clinic for Inpatient and Day Cases undergoing Various Endoscopy procedures in the Trust in absence of the line manager. They are expected to have significant medical and surgical background, sound knowledge of JAG, JETS, BSG, CQC standards of work to ensure the seamless transition of patients through pre-assessment to the day of Surgery. The post holder would be responsible for assessing patients fitness, from the waiting list and liaising with other relevant members of the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.

The post holder should have significant experience working in various areas of Endoscopy, i.e. admission, procedure rooms, safe recovery and discharging patients home with appropriate documentation and after-care information. You will also work in Endoscopy as and when needed. pre-assessment will have the responsibility of managing their own workload, overseeing the junior nurses in unit by providing advice, support and working with the General pre assessment team and anesthetists as and when required.

They should be a role model for expert clinical knowledge, provide sound clinical expertise to their team and coordinate and deliver high standard of care to their patients. They would be leading in audits and specific projects/management functions as delegated by the Department Manager and is expected to always work in line with the identified Trust Valves.

The post holder will be expected to work and support the elective Endoscopy inpatients and out-patients pathway.

Person Specification

Education and professional qualifications

• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Evidence of CPD
• RGN

Experience

• Significant post registration experience as an Endoscopy nurse, Completed JAG/ JETS /Courses.
• Proven experience of successful team management change management
• Good knowledge of budgeting / financial management

Skills and aptitudes

• Current clinical developments in surgical nursing and ability to perform complete assessment on patients
• Understanding of the processes involved in putting research into practice.
• Government initiatives and knowledge of the Modernization

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.

£45,953 to £54,254 a yearPer Annum Including HCAS