Staff Nurse - Pre-Assessment

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

Job summary

A leading independent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Staff Nurse for their Pre-Assessment team. In this role, you will coordinate patient care and support a team of healthcare professionals. The ideal candidate must have current NMC registration and at least 6 months of relevant paid experience. This position offers competitive benefits including a contributory pension scheme, annual leave, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

25 days’ annual leave plus eight Bank Holiday days

Family friendly policies including enhanced parental leave

Private healthcare and life assurance

Free uniform and DBS check

Access to employee discount programme

Access to Wellbeing Centre and 24/7 employee assistance line

Employee recognition and appreciation awards

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration required.
• Minimum of 6 months paid experience in a Pre-op assessment nurse role in the past 3 years.
• Proven ability to work effectively both in a team and independently.
• Flexible and positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patients throughout the pre-assessment pathway.
• Educate patients and healthcare personnel.
• Support nursing students and junior staff.
• Act as a patient advocate and ensure informed consent.

Skills

NMC registration

Teamwork

Empathy

Flexibility

Education

Paid experience in Pre-op assessment nursing

Job description

Staff Nurse – Pre-Assessment

37.5 Hours | Cherwell Hospital

What you’ll do

• To work both independently and collaboratively with a team of nurses and healthcare assistants, enabling coordination of patients throughout the pre-assessment pathway, with input into the management and care of patients prior to admission for specified procedures.
• To act as a resource and provide education for patients and healthcare personnel, and to direct the pre-assessment nursing team.
• Carry out relevant forms of care without direct supervision, working effectively within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Support all members of staff within the Outpatient department, including nursing students and visiting healthcare professionals.
• Actively participate in the teaching and mentoring of students and junior staff.
• Suggest improvements in care provision, recognize and challenge poor practice, and raise concerns to the relevant agencies where appropriate.
• Ensure that the nursing philosophy of care for pre-operative assessment is reflected in practice.
• Provide a high standard of nursing care to patients attending the Outpatient department, working within agreed policies and procedures.
• Act as a liaison 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.
• Collaborate and consult with the multi-professional health care team and the patient, communicating sensitive and complex information.
• Use highly developed communication skills to provide guidance, advice and support to patients and staff regarding management of proposed admission and its impact on patients and carers.
• Identify and overcome barriers to patient understanding when communicating complex or distressing information.
• Provide verbal and written information to patients to enable informed consent for treatment, using specialist knowledge.
• Establish partnerships with patients and carers and communicate with them, including in emotionally challenging circumstances.
• Provide, receive, interpret and communicate complex information with a range of health care personnel.
• Act as patient advocate, ensuring informed consent, privacy and dignity are maintained (NMC).
• Carry out health promotion within the role using information leaflets and networking with other specialist health care staff around the Trust where necessary.
• Engage in critical reflection on own performance through supervision and action learning.

What you’ll bring with you

• Current NMC registration
• Minimum 6 months paid experience in a Pre-op assessment nurse role in an NHS/private hospital in the past 3 years
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently
• Flexible and positive attitude
• A warm, considerate and empathetic character

Where you’ll be based

Oxford Road, Banbury OX16 9FG

The Cherwell Hospital Banbury, Outpatients department

The Cherwell Hospital opened in 2006 and provides convenient, effective, high quality treatment for patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis, whether medically insured, self-pay or funded by the NHS. It is equipped with an onsite Imaging Department offering X-Ray, Ultrasound and MRI and a dedicated Physiotherapy Unit with a rehabilitation gym, designed for orthopaedic care.

Benefits

• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days’ annual leave plus eight Bank Holiday days
• Family friendly policies including enhanced parental leave
• Private healthcare and life assurance
• Free uniform and DBS check
• Access to our employee discount programme
• Wellbeing Centre and access to 24/7 employee assistance line
• Long service, employee recognition and appreciation awards
• Access to the Ramsay Academy giving genuine opportunities to grow, develop and specialise in your career

About us

We’re Ramsay Health Care UK. With 35 hospitals, 7,600 staff and 200,000 patients treated every year, we’re one of the leading independent healthcare providers in England. We deliver a wide and comprehensive range of specialised clinical services from routine to complex surgery, day case procedures, cancer care, diagnostic services and physiotherapy. We also have our three standalone decontamination units which support our clinical outcomes. 94% of our facilities are rated ‘Good’ by the CQC. We are proud of the high quality of our staff and our relationships with doctors and the NHS, and we have a longstanding partnership with the NHS.

We’re part of a global hospital group with over 60 years’ experience operating in 11 countries. As people caring for people, our ethos helps make a difference in the lives of millions. Our people are our most important asset to our organisation and key to our success.

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We care

It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about delivering the best care, a belief that remains true today as it was when we first welcomed patients in 1964.

“The Ramsay Way” recognises that our people are our most important asset and has been key to our ongoing success.

We support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. We are committed to supporting Defence and encouraging other organisations to adopt this approach in the workplace. This includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.