Pre-Assessment Nurse

LivingCare Group (Fountain Diagnostic); Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Leeds is seeking a dedicated Pre-Assessment Nurse to support the Endoscopy service team. You will ensure a safe and effective patient journey, perform triage, and manage clinical tasks related to community-based procedures. Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years of healthcare experience and possess an NMC Pin. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Opportunities for growth

Pension scheme

Free training courses

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in healthcare.
• Registration with NMC.

Responsibilities

• Deliver effective, patient-centered care in pre-assessment.
• Conduct comprehensive patient histories.
• Communicate with patients and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Patient communication

Clinical autonomy

Triage management

Quality improvement

Education

NMC Pin

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Pre-Assessment Nurse to join our team at Thorpe Park Head Office. The role will consist of supporting the Endoscopy service team to ensure a safe and efficient patient journey through the endoscopy pathway. This role includes triage and clinical pre-assessment to determine patient suitability for community-based procedures.

Job responsibilities

• Deliver safe, effective, and patient-centred care in the pre-assessment environment.
• Serve as the first clinical contact, ensuring appropriate management of key health conditions (e.g., anticoagulation, diabetes, comorbidities) in line with community-based service protocols.
• Conduct comprehensive patient histories and identify previously unreported health issues.
• Work independently and demonstrate clinical autonomy in decision-making.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare professionals both verbally and in writing.
• Ensure adherence to JAG (Joint Advisory Group) standards and stay updated with British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines.
• Triage referrals according to contract criteria and clinical exclusion guidelines.
• Contribute to continuous quality improvement and lead change initiatives where required.
• Support the development and maintenance of evidence-based nursing care pathways.
• Supervise, mentor, and support healthcare assistants, including coordination of training and mandatory education.
• Maintain accurate and detailed clinical records in compliance with professional standards.
• Review and update patient health promotion materials and contribute to Clinical Governance discussions.
• Foster collaboration with primary and secondary care providers, ensuring alignment with NICE and NHSE guidelines.

About us

About us:

LivingCareGroup is a set of companies that operate across various health services and portfolios. We have extensive experience of developing and delivering NHS care, and have a growing portfolio of private provision. We work across GP practices and within our own centres in Yorkshire.

Our services are developed in response to local demands across the health economy and inline with the NHS governance and contractual requirements.

Why Choose us?

Our continuing success as a business is down to the talent, hard work and dedication of our staff. Along with great job satisfaction, you can look forward to a competitive salary, opportunities to grow, a pension scheme and great employee benefits.

We fully believe in investing in our staff to help them reach their career goals and full potential. We offer all staff the chance to further their education with free training courses in any field that will both benefit themselves and the company.

Here at LivingCare we are an equal opportunities employer with a strong commitment to the health and wellbeing of all our colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer (Level 1).

Find out more about Disability Confident at: www.gov.uk/disability-confident#DisabilityConfident

Qualifications

• 2 years experience in healthcare
• NMC Pin

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.