Staff Nurse - Pre Assessment

Ramsay Health Care UK; Banbury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Banbury is seeking a dedicated Pre-Assessment Nurse to join their team. In this role, you will provide specialist nursing expertise and facilitate evidence-based patient-centered care for pre-assessment patients. Responsibilities include collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, counseling patients, and acting as their advocate to ensure privacy and dignity are upheld. Ideal candidates will possess a warm and empathetic character along with a minimum of 6 months experience in a similar role. The organization offers competitive benefits including flexible leave options and private medical cover.

Benefits

25 days leave plus bank holidays

Private pension match up to 5%

Flexible shift patterns

Enhanced parental leave policies

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Free training via Ramsay Academy

Subsidised staff restaurant

Employee assistance programme

Cycle2Work scheme

The Blue Light Card scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months paid experience in a Pre-Assessment Nurse role in an NHS or Private Hospital within the past three years.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.
• Flexible and positive attitude.
• A warm, considerate and empathetic character.

Responsibilities

• Work both independently and collaboratively with nurses and healthcare assistants.
• Support members of the Outpatient department, including nursing students.
• Act as a liaison with the Multi-disciplinary Team and contribute to patient care planning.
• Provide guidance and support to patients and staff regarding admissions.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information to patients.
• Establish partnerships with patients and carers in challenging situations.
• Act as patient advocate and ensure privacy and dignity are maintained.
• Critically reflect on own performance through supervision.

Skills

Team collaboration

Effective communication

Patient advocacy

Empathy

Job description

The Cherwell Hospital is currently looking to recruit an exceptional Pre-Assessment Nurse to provide specialist nursing expertise, facilitating evidence-based patient-centered care and assessment for a defined caseload of pre-assessment patients.

Responsibilities

• To work both independently and collaboratively with a team of nurses and healthcare assistants, enabling them to co-ordinate patients throughout their pre-assessment pathway.
• To support all members of staff within the Outpatient department, including students of nursing and visiting healthcare professionals.
• To act as a liaison link with the Multi-disciplinary Team and contribute to work involved in the Anesthetic Meeting/Complex MDT meeting—escalating complex patients and helping plan their care.
• Uses highly developed communication skills to provide guidance, advice and support to the patient, ward, physio and theatre staff regarding management of their proposed admission and its impact on the patient’s and carer’s life.
• Whilst communicating complex, sensitive, sometimes distressing information to patients, is able to identify and overcome barriers to patient understanding.
• Establishes partnerships with patients and carers and communicates with them, sometimes in highly distressing or emotional circumstances.
• Act as patient advocate, ensuring that informed consent, privacy and dignity are maintained (NMC).
• Critically reflect on own performance through supervision/action learning; current NMC registration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months paid experience in a Pre-Assessment Nurse role in an NHS or Private Hospital within the past three years.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.
• Flexible and positive attitude.
• A warm, considerate and empathetic character.

Benefits

• 25 days leave plus bank holidays.
• Buy & Sell flexi leave options.
• Private pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period.
• Flexible shift patterns available where possible.
• Enhanced competitive parental leave policies.
• Private medical cover with option to add partner and dependants.
• Life assurance (death in service) x3 base salary.
• Free training and development via the Ramsay Academy.
• Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible).
• Concerts for carers.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Cycle2Work scheme available, in partnership with Halfords.
• The Blue Light Card scheme.

This position is subject to background and DBS checks.