Dynamic Pre-Assessment Nurse – Independent & Team-Driven

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for two full-time Pre-Assessment clinician roles in Great Yarmouth. You will conduct face-to-face and telephone assessments to ensure patients are optimized for surgery.

Join a dynamic, multidisciplinary team with full training and sign-off prior to clinics, and contribute to safe, efficient pre-operative pathways.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current practice (NMC).
• Experience in pre-operative assessment is desirable.
• able to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct face-to-face and telephone pre-operative assessments.
• Manage caseload of elective pre-operative assessment clinics.
• Prepare patients for their elective surgery.
• Promote pre-operative health optimisation.
• Record wellbeing questionnaires and assess risk factors.
• Obtain bloods, MRSA swabs and ECG as required; document results.
• Escalate abnormal findings to the team.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Phone assessment

Communication

Teamwork

Education

NMC registered nurse

Tools

Blood sampling

ECG recording

MRSA sampling

Job description

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for two full-time Pre-Assessment clinician roles in Great Yarmouth. You will conduct face-to-face and telephone assessments to ensure patients are optimized for surgery.

Join a dynamic, multidisciplinary team with full training and sign-off prior to clinics, and contribute to safe, efficient pre-operative pathways.