Preop Assessment Lead – Nurse-Led Care, Flexible Hours

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a nurse/ODP-led role focusing on pre-operative risk assessment. You will undertake complex and non-complex assessments and support the patient pathway across the surgical service.

The post holder will implement, coordinate and deliver high-quality care for pre-operative patients, reading and acting on assessments, and referring to specialists when required.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or ODP with NMC/HPC registration.
• Completed a nursing preceptorship.
• Nursing degree or ODP degree or equivalent.
• Preoperative assessment course; experience in the surgical directorate.
• Post-NMC registration experience and ability to coordinate workload and supervise the team for safe patient care.
• Experience within pre-operative assessment unit.

Responsibilities

• Provide nurse-led complex and non-complex peri-operative risk assessment.
• Coordinate workload and supervise the team to ensure high quality, safe patient care.
• Prepare and support the patient's pathway, referring to outside specialist help if required.
• Deliver effective, client-centred pre-operative assessment and care.

Skills

NMC/HPC registration

Preceptorship completion

Nursing or ODP degree

Preoperative assessment course

Preoperative assessment experience

Team workload coordination

Pre-operative assessment unit

Education

Nursing degree

ODP degree

Job description

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a nurse/ODP-led role focusing on pre-operative risk assessment. You will undertake complex and non-complex assessments and support the patient pathway across the surgical service.

The post holder will implement, coordinate and deliver high-quality care for pre-operative patients, reading and acting on assessments, and referring to specialists when required.