Pre-Assessment Nurse

NHS; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking x2 remote Pre-Assessment Nurses to join their Endoscopy team on a fixed-term contract. You will provide holistic reviews of gastroenterology referrals and conduct assessments. The role offers 30-hour flexible working arrangements. Applicants must have current UK professional registration and strong communication skills. Join a mission to enhance patient care across communities.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Remote working arrangements

Qualifications

• Must have experience in reviewing gastroenterology/endoscopy referrals.
• Ability to maintain accurate records during assessments.
• Experience in rejecting inappropriate referrals.

Responsibilities

• Review gastroenterology/endoscopy referrals for appropriateness.
• List patients for the appropriate investigations based on symptoms.
• Conduct telephone assessments when suitability is uncertain.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Clinical assessment

Holistic patient review

Education

UK professional registration

Job description

We are looking for x2 remote Pre-Assessment Nurses to join our Endoscopy team on a fixed term contract (30 hour contract, shift pattern open for negotiation, very flexible).

As a Pre-Assessment Nurse with InHealth, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that all patients treated in InHealth Endoscopy undergo the most appropriate procedure based on their symptoms and are clinically suitable to be treated in a community endoscopy service.

Main duties of the job

What you will do:

• Providing a holistic review of the gastroenterology/endoscopy referrals received by InHealth ensuring referrals are appropriate and clinically complete.
• Ensuring that patients are listed for the most appropriate investigation expending on the reason for referral and presenting symptoms and in line with agreed protocols and National Guidance.
• Carry out telephone assessments using advanced communications skills, if required, where there is uncertainty over patients suitability to be treated in the service, ensuring accurate records are kept.
• Refer to or seek advice from medical or nursing colleagues as and when necessary.
• Rejecting inappropriate referrals back to the referrer with concise information including reasons for rejection and alternative, appropriate referral route where required (secondary care, 2WW/HSC pathway etc)

About us

InHealth is the UKs largest specialist provider of diagnostic and healthcare solutions. Our aim is to make healthcare better for patients by working collaboratively with the NHS to deliver a range of high-quality tests, scans, assessments and procedures. In the last year, we have supported more than 5 million people in their healthcare journeys, the majority of these are NHS patients and service users.

As a people-focused organisation, our teams are integral in how we deliver our services and our values of Trust, Passion, Care and Fresh Thinking underpin everything we do, influencing the way we interact with patients, customers, and colleagues.

Our mission is to provide high-quality services within local communities to over 7 million patients by 2030. We are committed to ensuring that patients receive a positive experience, maintaining a 97% patient satisfaction rate.

Job summary

Fixed Term Contract / 9 months

Remote working / Flexible working

We are looking for x2 remote Pre-Assessment Nurses to join our Endoscopy team on a fixed term contract (30 hour contract, shift pattern open for negotiation, very flexible).

Job responsibilities

What you will do:

• Providing a holistic review of the gastroenterology/endoscopy referrals received by InHealth ensuring referrals are appropriate and clinically complete.
• Ensuring that patients are listed for the most appropriate investigation expending on the reason for referral and presenting symptoms and in line with agreed protocols and National Guidance.
• Carry out telephone assessments using advanced communications skills, if required, where there is uncertainty over patients suitability to be treated in the service, ensuring accurate records are kept.
• Refer to or seek advice from medical or nursing colleagues as and when necessary.
• Rejecting inappropriate referrals back to the referrer with concise information including reasons for rejection and alternative, appropriate referral route where required (secondary care, 2WW/HSC pathway etc)

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: InHealth Group

Address: Beechwood Hall, Kingsmead Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1JL

Employer's website: https://www.inhealthgroup.com/