Band 6 Pre Assessment Nurse

Transformation Unit; England; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Pre-Assessment Nurse to manage the Nurse Led Pre-Assessment Clinic for Endoscopy patients. The post requires considerable medical and surgical experience, with knowledge of JAG/JETS/BSG, and the ability to ensure a seamless transition from pre‑assessment to day of surgery.

You will assess fitness, coordinate with the multidisciplinary team, supervise junior staff, and uphold high standards of care in line with CQC and NHS guidelines.

Qualifications

• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Evidence of CPD
• RGN

Responsibilities

• Pre-assess patients prior to Endoscopy procedures.
• Assess patient fitness and medical history.
• Coordinate with multi-disciplinary team for pre-assessment and day-of-surgery
• Lead and supervise junior staff in the Pre-Assessment Clinic
• Ensure adherence to local and national protocols and guidelines

Skills

Endoscopy nursing

JAG/JETS/BSG knowledge

Patient assessment

Team leadership

Communication

Education

RGN

Teaching & Assessing qualification

CPD evidence

Job description

Employer Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site North Middlesex Hospital Town Edmonton Salary £45,953 - £54,254 Per Annum Including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 23:59

Band 6 Pre Assessment Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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 patient’s 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

Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.