PreAMS Nurse Practitioner

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative healthcare provider seeks a dynamic Senior Clinical Nurse Practitioner to enhance patient care in a nurse-led service. This role involves managing patient caseloads, conducting thorough assessments, and providing vital information regarding surgeries and anaesthesia. Join a forward-thinking team that values clinical leadership and offers opportunities for professional growth. With a commitment to inclusivity and staff development, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in a supportive environment. If you are passionate about delivering high-quality care and have a surgical background, this is the opportunity for you!

Qualifications

• 5+ years post-registration experience with 3 years in preoperative care.
• Proven health assessment skills and teaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage a patient caseload and oversee junior colleagues.
• Conduct nursing assessments prior to elective surgeries.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Problem solving

Teaching

Leadership

Education

NMC registration

Teaching qualification

Health assessment qualification

Non-medical prescriber

ALS

Clinical diagnostics course

Job description

Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Royal Stoke

Town: Stoke-On-Trent

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 25/02/2025 23:59

Band 7

Job Overview

Are you an experienced nurse with a passion for delivering excellent high-quality care? If so, the PreAMS has an exciting opportunity to enhance and develop your nursing career.

PreAMS is an innovative service that plays a vital role in optimising patients prior to surgery. We are looking for dynamic and forward-thinking individuals with a surgical background to provide education and clinical leadership within our team. The ideal candidate will have proven health assessment skills and ideally be an independent non-medical prescriber or working towards this qualification.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of high complexity clinics and acting as a clinical resource for members of the wider PreAMS team. A list of main tasks and duties are outlined below but are not exhaustive due to the evolving nature of this unique role and service.

We currently provide a 7-day service across both sites, and there is an opportunity for flexible working.

Main Duties of the Job

• To work as an autonomous senior clinical Nurse Practitioner within a Nurse-Led Service across both Royal Stoke and County sites.
• Managing their own patient caseload daily and overseeing the caseloads of junior colleagues as requested. The Practitioner has personal responsibility for undertaking a nursing assessment of patients prior to admission for elective surgery and for arranging care provision for the patient on admission to hospital and commencement of discharge planning.
• To provide the patients and their carer(s) information regarding their surgery and anaesthesia, ensuring every patient is fully informed about their proposed procedure and the interventions that will need to be undertaken.
• To assess adult patients’ fitness for anaesthesia prior to elective surgery by undertaking the clerking, medical and anaesthetic history of a patient and undertaking a honed physical examination to ensure appropriate investigations are carried out and prescribing medications as guided by agreed protocols. This includes referring patients for relevant investigations, following up those results, and acting upon them to determine suitability for surgery in liaison with multidisciplinary colleagues.

Working for Our Organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM, and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM creates and encourages a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return, we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients, and carers, that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, we know that investing in, supporting, and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

• To work as an autonomous senior clinical Nurse Practitioner within a Nurse-Led Service.
• Managing their own patient caseload daily and overseeing the caseloads of junior colleagues as requested. The Practitioner has personal responsibility for undertaking a nursing assessment of patients prior to admission for elective surgery and for arranging care provision for the patient on admission to hospital and commencement of discharge planning.
• To provide the patients and their carer(s) information regarding their surgery and anaesthesia, ensuring every patient is fully informed about their proposed procedure and the interventions that will need to be undertaken.
• To assess adult patients’ fitness for anaesthesia prior to elective surgery by undertaking the clerking, medical and anaesthetic history of a patient and undertaking a honed physical examination to ensure appropriate investigations are carried out and prescribing medications as guided by agreed protocols. This includes referring patients for relevant investigations, following up those results, and acting upon them to determine suitability for surgery in liaison with multidisciplinary colleagues.

Acting as a clinical resource to the nursing workforce within the service. Setting standards and seeking out opportunities for service improvement.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC registration
• Teaching qualification
• Health assessment qualification
• Non-medical prescriber
• ALS
• Clinical diagnostics course

Experience

• 5 years post-registration and 3 years preoperative experience
• Previous NP experience

Skills

• Evidence of formal/informal teaching to groups
• Clinical reasoning and problem solving
• Formal leadership/management training

Important Information About Your Application

• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
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• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith, or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Louise Chilton

Job title: Clinical Perioperative Operational Manager

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 01782676525