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The Band 6 Pre-Assessment nurse will work as an autonomous practitioner with a caseload of complex patients within a team structure. The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate care is essential to our organisation. Pre-Assessment is considered to be a pivotal part of the patient’s pathway, ensuring patients are in their optimal health for their procedures. The post holder will be responsible for leading the service in Winchester with band 7 support across all Trust sites: Basingstoke, Winchester, and Andover.

Main duties of the job

• Practise autonomously, managing a caseload of patients and supporting the team in delivering a seven-day, twenty-four-hour service. Responsibilities include:
• Maintaining high standards of professional practice to ensure quality and safety of patient care, experience, and the patient journey.
• Ensuring patients are fully informed about their procedures and what to expect during post-operative recovery.
• Applying specialised clinical practice, knowledge, skills, and experience.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient across our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. We aim to foster a culture where people are at the heart of all we do, promoting learning, improvement, and excellence.

We provide specialist services nationally and internationally, including being one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei and leaders in tertiary liver and colorectal cancer treatment.

The trust employs over 9,000 staff, with a turnover exceeding £500 million annually. As a Foundation Trust, we are accountable to our members through elected governors, who influence our future plans.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We welcome flexible and part-time working requests. Further details about the Trust and this role are available in the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current level one NMC registration with post-registration experience in pre-assessment.
• First-level degree or working towards one.
• Holder of History Taking and Physical Assessment course.

Experience

• Relevant clinical experience in pre-assessment.
• Knowledge of policies, practices, and procedures, including NHS standards and patient care requirements.
• Previous experience in Women’s Health is desirable.

Skills

• Ability to prioritise workload and respond to urgent and emergency situations effectively.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting and receiving complex information within a multidisciplinary team and conveying sensitive information empathetically to patients and carers.
• Demonstrates leadership in managing change.
• Physically fit to manage light to moderate physical effort during shifts.
• Capable of managing highly distressing or emotional situations empathetically.

Training

• Provides learning and development opportunities for colleagues within and outside own clinical area.