Elective Admission Nurse Co-ordinator

NHS; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Knowsley is seeking an experienced Elective Admission Nurse Co-ordinator. This role involves managing elective admissions across several surgical specialties and ensuring patients are well-prepared for admission. The ideal candidate should have a background in surgical nursing, strong organizational skills, and a commitment to improving patient care. This is a great opportunity to play a critical role in ensuring patient safety and care quality.

Qualifications

• Extensive acute surgical experience required.
• Evidence of quality improvement in patient care preferred.
• Extensive post-registration experience necessary.

Responsibilities

• Manage elective admissions for inpatient and day case procedures.
• Coordinate bed allocation for elective admissions.
• Communicate updates to patients on the day of admission.

Skills

Effective organisational skills

Motivating team performance

Professional role model

Commitment to service improvement

Leadership qualities

IT competency

Education

1st level Registered Nurse

Nursing Diploma or equivalent experience

Recognised teaching qualification (e.g., mentorship)

Evidence of post registration study/development

Recognised leadership qualification/training

Job description

Go back Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Elective Admission Nurse Co-ordinator

The closing date is 16 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced surgical nurse to join Ward 4B elective admissions.

The role supports elective activity, responsible for the coordination, planning, monitoring, and delivery of elective admissions across General Surgery, Urology, Breast, Bariatric, and ENT specialties. This role ensures patients are fully prepared for admission, supporting a safe and efficient journey through theatre and into post-operative recovery.

Working alongside the surgical and nursing teams in the Surgical unit, theatres, anaesthetics and pre-operative department, to ensure patients are safely admitted and discharged from the surgical unit.

Please note the job description and person specification is under AfC review.

Main duties of the job

Manage the elective admissions for inpatient and day case procedures. Ensuring patients have had necessary procedures and assessments prior to admission.

Working alongside the matron and operational services with bed allocation for elective admissions.

Reporting of any cancelled operations as per guidelines.

Acting as a point of contact for clinical teams in relation to elective admissions.

Communicating with patients on the day of admission, providing updates on bed allocation, place of theatre lists, and enforcing any preoperative instructions and expectations.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Proposed Interview date: TBC

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st level Registered Nurse
• Nursing Diploma or equivalent experience
• Recognised teaching qualification - mentorship/ ENB 998.
• Evidence of post registration study/development
• Recognised leadership qualification/training

Knowledge

• Extensive experience acute surgical experience
• Experience and evidence of quality improvement in patient care
• Extensive experience post registration

Skills

• Evidence of effective organisational skills
• Evidence of the ability to motivate team performance to achieve objectives
• Professional role model
• Evidence of commitment to service improvement
• Evidence of leadership qualities
• IT competency

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.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust