Staff Nurse

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Band 5 Staff Nurse in the TESH Pre-Assessment Unit. This role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic nursing team dedicated to pre-operative assessment. You will assess, plan, and deliver patient care, ensuring all necessary evaluations are completed before elective surgeries. With a commitment to clinical excellence and patient-centered care, this position allows you to work collaboratively with a variety of healthcare professionals. This is a fantastic chance to develop your skills in a supportive environment while contributing to the well-being of patients in a major NHS Trust.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Career Development Opportunities

Employee Wellbeing Programs

Access to Research and Innovation Initiatives

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse with at least 18 months of experience.
• Broad knowledge in surgical nursing preferred, medical knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assess and optimize patients for elective surgical specialties.
• Perform clinical observations and examinations prior to surgery.

Skills

Problem Solving

Organizational Skills

Clinical Judgment

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Registered Nurse (RN)

Degree

Teaching Qualification

Pre-Assessment Course

Tools

Electronic Patient Record System (Hive)

IT/Word Processing

Job description

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Permanent Band 5 Staff Nurse – TESH Pre-Assessment Unit.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual with clinical experience to join an established dynamic nursing team within pre-operative assessment. The prospective post holder will be a registered nurse who after appropriate training can clinically assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care to a timescale for patients prior to elective surgery.

There are multiple vacancies due to service expansion and precise working hours will be discussed at interview. The clinic is presently open from 8am to 6pm 5 days a week. The service is based within Trafford Elective Surgical Hub at Trafford General Hospitals.

Main duties of the job

The main objective of the unit is to assess and optimise patients for a wide range of elective surgical specialties. Therefore, the prospective post holder will require a broad knowledge preferably within surgical nursing, although medical knowledge would be an advantage, with at least 18 months experience as a band 5 staff nurse. Previous Pre-operative Assessment experience would be desired but not essential. You will be reliable, innovative, and flexible with good interpersonal/communication skills.

You will be expected to undertake clinical observations such as blood pressure, pulse, oximetry and BMI as well as clinical examinations such as MRSA screening, CPE screening, 12 lead ECG recording and venepuncture. The prospective post holder will be required to provide a comprehensive nursing and medical assessment, ensuring all necessary results and reviews are collated prior to admission.

You will assist in the development of an environment that supports the value of pre-operative assessment by working collaboratively with surgeons, anaesthetists, and the MDT. Therefore, the candidate will need to have a high level of clinical judgement and decision-making skills and be able to carry out clinical duties in accordance with national, Trust and local standards while maintaining a patient-focused approach.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• RN
• Degree
• Teaching Qualification
• Pre-Assessment Course

Knowledge

• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Knowledge of IT/word processing
• Knowledge of ERAS

Training & Experience

• Experience of working on own and as part of a team
• Ability to supervise junior staff
• Awareness of clinical audit
• Evidence of pre-assessment clinic setting

Skills & Abilities

• Proven ability to problem solve
• Ability to organise workload
• Ability to record ECGs and venepuncture

Attributes

• Willingness to work flexibly
• Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels
• Motivated to personal development
• Ability to manage own workload and prioritise accordingly

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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: Nicola Thorpe
Job title: TESH Pre-operative Assessment Manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0161746 2834

Please contact Nicola Thorpe, TESH Preoperative-Assessment Service Manager, on 0161 746 2834 or email [e-mail] if you require further information or would like to arrange an informal visit to the unit.