Staff Nurse - Pre Assessment

Ramsay Health Care UK; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking an exceptional Pre-Assessment Nurse in Farnborough to provide specialist nursing expertise and patient-centered care for a defined caseload. Responsibilities include coordinating patients, providing guidance to staff, and acting as a patient advocate. Successful candidates will have a minimum of 6 months experience in this role and possess strong communication and teamwork skills. Benefits include 25 days leave, private medical cover, and flexible working options.

Benefits

25 days leave plus bank holidays

Buy & Sell flexi leave options

Private pension matched up to 5%

Flexible shift patterns

Enhanced parental leave policies

Private medical cover

Life assurance (death in service) x3 base salary

Free training and development

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.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.
• Flexible and positive attitude.
• A warm, considerate and empathetic character.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate patients throughout their pre-assessment pathway.
• Support all staff within the Outpatient department.
• Liaison with the Multi-disciplinary Team.
• Communicate complex information to patients.
• Advocate for patients, ensuring privacy and dignity.

Skills

Teamwork skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Flexibility

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.