Pre-Assessment Nurse

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking an experienced nurse with surgical experience to join the Surgical Pre-Assessment Team at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in east London.

The post involves ensuring safe and compassionate patient experience while maximising capacity utilisation through innovative approaches. You will collaborate with Surgeons, Perioperative Medicine and Senior Nursing staff to support patients undergoing Breast, Gynae or Endocrine Surgery and to deliver high-quality care in the new

Qualifications

• Surgical experience required.
• Nurse with professional registration (implied by role).

Responsibilities

• Join Surgical Pre-Assessment Team at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital to deliver high-quality care for patients undergoing Breast, Gynae or Endocrine Surgery.
• Work with Surgeons, Perioperative Medicine and Senior Nursing Team to maximise patient safety and experience.
• Inform, engage and prepare patients for pending treatment; contribute to service vision and targets through collaboration.

Skills

Surgical experience

Job description

Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.

We are looking for an inspired individual with Surgical experience to join our Surgical Pre- Assessment Team at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. The job offers the unique opportunity to bring your expertise to ensure safe and compssionate patient experience whilst maximising our capacity utilisation through innovative ways.

You will work alongside your pre- assessment colleagues including, Surgeons and Perioperative Medicine and Senior Nursing Team to deliver high quality care to patients undergoing Breast, Gynae or Endocrine Surgery. The majority of these patients will be treated in the new Smithfield Wing.

You will have the opportunity to ensure patients receive high quality care, ensuring they feel informed, engaged and well prepared for their pending treatment. The post holder will actively contribute to realise the service vision and key targets by working closely with the service leads. The post holder will partner with the peers to drive incremental innovation to achieve safe and compassionate patient experience.

In return, we will develop your leadership skills in education, advance clinical knowledge and experience with formal and on-the-job training. The post holder will receive coaching, mentoring and opportunity to empower their own practice.

This is an exciting opportunity for a experienced nurse to contribute to the successful operations of a Center of Excellence. The post holder will be able to apply their clinical expertise, uphold professional reputation through empowering others and produce results though collboaratively working.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Hopkins Job title: Matron Email address: [e-mail]