Pre Operative Assessment Band 7 Lead

Uhleicester; Leicester; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 Lead for Pre-Operative Assessment. You will provide clinical leadership, develop and manage the pre-assessment team, and drive evidence-based care with professional standards across sites in the city and community.

You will lead policy development, training, governance and service improvements while maintaining professional practice and workforce development. Closing date 11 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Registered with NMC or HCPC as appropriate for pre-operative nursing leadership.
• Working towards a Masters degree in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the pre-assessment team, ensuring safe, competent clinical practice.
• Monitor staff performance, sickness, leave and training needs.
• Oversee documentation standards in line with NMC and Trust guidance.
• Manage budgets, stock, and procurement for pre-operative services.
• Lead incident investigations, audits and service improvements.

Skills

Inspirational leadership

Coaching / facilitation

Staff development

Communication skills

Education

NMC/HCPC registration

Masters degree in progress

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Pre Operative Assessment Band 7 Lead

The closing date is 11 November 2026

The band 7 Lead will have the responsibility in providing strong levels of practice and knowledge, promoting evidence based care within pre-assessment and working within personal, professional and corporate boundaries, across sites city and community. You will work flexibility dependent on the service needs Monday to Saturday, 7.30 to 5.30pm.

The band 7 will provide leadership, clinical expertise and day-to-day management for the pre-assessment team. Work as an autonomous practitioner, providing a high quality nursing service that will enhance and promote excellent clinical practice within the multi-disciplinary team. Also continuously develop and enhance your own knowledge and skills that will directly influence consistent standards of clinical practice.

The band 7 will actively participate in the development of policies that influence service delivery and will lead and be responsible for the implementation of any Local and/or legislative changes. Plan, organize and deliver specialist pre-assessment activities and training.

Always presenting as a professional role model to all in the pre-assessment team, ensuring that staff participate in a developing culture where openness and a positive approach to learning, change management and continuous professional development are attained.

Main duties of the job

Team management

• Participate in the staff appraisal process.
• Actively manage team work patterns and allocations.
• Be actively involved in managing sickness, absence and annual leave.
• Ensure new and existing staff have appropriate training to ensure safe competent clinical practice.
• Ensure that high standards of documentation is comprehensively completed in accordance with the NMC and Trust guidance.

DECISIONS & JUDGEMENTS

• Managing complaints, using feedback from families to reflect an improve clinical practice.
• Exercise clinical judgement to manage complex issues.
• Investigate incidents where shortfalls in standard occur and take corrective action as necessary, including reporting to Matron & the Head of Nursing.
• Implementation of audit and undertake the necessary course of action, when complaints and service problems occur.

COMMUNICATIONS & RELATIONSHIPS

• To demonstrate effective and developed interpersonal and counselling skills with staff and patients.
• To be sensitive to the cultural needs of staff and patients. Promote effective communication and liaison system.

FINANCE

• Responsibility for ordering and security of drugs, stock and equipment, ensuring the best utilisation of resources.
• Managing the stock level and ensure cost effective ways of reviewing clinical disposables.
• Regular review meeting with Procurement and supplies to ensure all equipment are meeting the quality standard.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

Job responsibilities

• Act at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and trust polices from uniforms to GDPR compliance
• Supervise and support the continuous development of team members.
• Provide support for development of operational processes that will ensure timely and appropriate admission and discharge of patients.
• Take a lead role in the management of all clinical duties, exploring safe provision of the service through skill-mix review and allocation of workload within pre-assessment.
• Teach, supervise and assess the competencies of junior staff. Lead the implementation of the Trust Governance Strategy to ensure that risks are identified and minimised and to promote the use of evidence based guidelines and protocols.
• Actively participate in the recruitment and selection process for nurses/practitioners within the Trust. Responsible for the management of an allocated budget.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• Registered with appropriate regulatory body (NMC, HCPC
• Working towards Masters degree

Communication and relationship skills

• Strong inspirational leadership
• Coaching/facilitation
• Staff development and empowerment
• Highly developed communication skills.

Experience and knowledge

• Minimum 7 year post registration experience including 4 years ward or unit management experience at a Band 6
• Pre-Operative Assessment clinical experience
• Continuous quality improvement
• Resolving user concerns efficiently and effectively
• Developing specifications for facilities
• Monitoring facilities management services
• Evidence of benchmarking
• Evidence of research
• Pre-Operative Assessment CPD

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Manage complex and competing issues
• Problem solving

Skills

• Flexibility with hours
• Calm under pressure
• Lead through empowerment
• Inspirational leadership
• Experience of managing/leading teams through change

Governance

• Current health service priorities
• National and local Nursing agenda
• Clinical governance
• Best practice in speciality
• Fundamentals of care
• Evidence of regular audit
• Patient safety issues specifically safeguarding adults and children
• Hospital cleanliness standards
• Health and safety

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

Other requirements specific to the role

• Ongoing personal and professional development
• Track record of delivering high standards of care
• Patient and carer centred approach to care
• Demonstrate personal and professional pride in nursing and the NHS

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.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust