Registered Nurse - Pre-operative Assessment | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Hertfordshire is seeking a Registered Nurse - Pre-operative Assessment. In this role, you will conduct preoperative assessments, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and provide education to patients regarding their surgical pathways. The ideal candidate will be a qualified Registered Nurse with strong assessment and communication skills, committed to delivering high-quality patient care. Opportunities for professional development are available.

Benefits

Continuous professional development opportunities

Flexible working patterns

Supportive senior colleagues

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with comprehensive pre-operative assessment skills.
• Experience in conducting health histories and clinical observations.
• Ability to identify health concerns and initiate suitable referrals.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive preoperative assessments.
• Provide clear education about surgical pathways.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for safe surgical planning.

Skills

Patient assessment

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Patient education

Quality improvement

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Pre-operative Assessment who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

In this varied and rewarding role, you’ll carry out comprehensive assessments, identify potential risks, and collaborate closely with the multidisciplinary team to optimise patient outcomes.

You’ll be supported by experienced senior colleagues and benefit from continuous professional development opportunities to enhance your clinical and leadership skills.

If you’re enthusiastic about delivering safe, high-quality care and thrive in a proactive, patient-focused environment—we’d love to hear from you.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will conduct comprehensive preoperative assessments, including health histories, clinical observations, and risk stratification. You will be able to identify potential health concerns and initiate appropriate referrals or investigations to optimise patients for surgery. The post holder will provide clear, compassionate education to patients and carers regarding the surgical pathway and perioperative care. You will also work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to support timely and safe surgical planning. Within your role, you will contribute to quality improvement initiatives, audit activities, and development of clinical guidelines.

About our Trust

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

Hospitals

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Sep 2025