Registered Nurse- Pre-operative Assessment

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

NHS Pension

Discounts at local shops/restaurants

On-site nurseries

Public transport discount

Reward and recognition

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a staff nurse in POAC to perform pre-operative assessments for adults to determine fitness for general or regional anaesthesia or sedation. You will liaise with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team to optimise care and plan interventions for best surgical outcomes.

The role involves working in a busy clinic, handling a complex caseload, and contributing to policy development while maintaining professional development and

Qualifications

• Active NMC registration
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through portfolio and revalidation
• Desirable mentoring and assessing in clinical practice course
• Recognised pre-operative assessment qualification
• Relevant post-registration experience
• Knowledge of Trust IT systems or hospital IT systems
• Basic pharmacological knowledge for acute surgical settings
• Research awareness and ability to prioritise workload
• Resilient under pressure and able to adapt to change
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to escalate concerns to promote patient safety
• Clinical reasoning skills to assess and plan care; contribute to policies/guidelines
• Enthusiastic and self-aware, reliable and team-focused
• Additional working pattern: full and part-time available

Responsibilities

• Conduct pre-operative assessments for adult patients to assess fitness for general or regional anaesthesia or sedation.
• Identify issues to optimise patients prior to surgery and plan care for secondary or community settings as appropriate.
• Collaborate with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams to deliver patient-centred care.
• Manage a potentially complex and busy clinic caseload with ability to work independently.

Skills

NMC registration

Professional development portfolio

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Prioritisation

Resilience under pressure

Team-focused

Adaptability

Mentoring & Assessing

Escalation of concerns

IT systems knowledge

Pharmacological knowledge

Research awareness

Job description

The staff nurse in POAC is responsible for the pre-operative assessment of adult patients having a planned surgical procedure for their fitness for general or regional anaesthetic or sedation and surgery within Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be responsible for patient-centred assessments which includes liaising with patients, their carers, and the multi-disciplinary team. The pre-assessment covers the physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient. They will be responsible for identifying issues that can be resolved and optimising patients prior to surgery, in- order for the patient to have the best possible surgical outcome, This will involve initiating plans of care to be facilitated within secondary care or within a community setting as appropriate.,

The team provides detailed anaesthetic and nursing assessments for elective procedures for both day surgery and overnight stay patients due to undergo a general or regional anaesthetic or sedation. You will be part of a team but will need to be able to work independently within a clinic, managing a potentially complex caseload of patients. The successful candidate will have an interest in peri-operative care and be able to thrive in a busy area with many time pressures and deadlines.

• Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
• Desirable Recognised Mentoring and Assessing in clinical practice course
• Recognised qualification in pre-operative assessment
• Relevant post-registration experience
• Knowledge of the Trust IT systems or equivalent Hospital IT system
• Basic Pharmacological Knowledge, Experience within an acute surgical setting
• Research aware, Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
• Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to effectively and appropriately escalat concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
• Demonstrates ability to use clinical reasoning skills and techniques to assess and plan care: deliver, evaluate and amend the treatment plan., Able to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to area of practice., Enthusiastic and self-aware
• Resilient under pressure
• Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable
• Team focused
• Additional working pattern details: Full and part time available

• Exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals.
• As well as generous annual leave allowance
• Access to the excellent NHS pension scheme
• Competitive bank rates
• Discounts at local shops and restaurants
• Access to two on-site nurseries
• Discounted public transport
• Reward and recognition
• A range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

We are committed to diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity for everyone, valuing and celebrating differences and encouraging a workplace and culture where all can thrive. We endeavour to ensure each and every person working in our organisation feel respected and valued.