Staff Nurse - Pre-Assessment

Ramsay Health Care; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Staff Nurse for Pre-Assessment to deliver patient-centered care and manage pre-assessment processes. The ideal candidate will have NMC registration and experience in a pre-op assessment role. This position offers competitive benefits including a contributory pension scheme, annual leave, and career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

25 days’ annual leave plus eight bank holidays

Family-friendly policies

Private healthcare and life assurance

Free uniform and DBS check

Access to employee discount programme

Wellbeing Centre and 24/7 employee assistance line

Employee recognition awards

Career growth through Ramsay Academy

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with at least 6 months in pre-assessment.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team.
• Flexible and empathetic personality required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate pre-assessment pathways for patients.
• Provide education to patients and healthcare staff.
• Act as a liaison within the multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Teamwork

Patient advocacy

Communication

Empathy

Education

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

Job description

Staff Nurse – Pre-Assessment

37.5 Hours | Cherwell Hospital

Overview

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

• Work independently and collaboratively with a team of nurses and healthcare assistants to coordinate patients throughout the pre-assessment pathway, with input into management and care prior to admission for specified procedures.
• Act as a resource and provide education for patients and healthcare personnel, and direct the pre-assessment nursing team.
• Carry out relevant forms of care without direct supervision within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Support all members of staff within the Outpatient department, including students of nursing and visiting healthcare professionals.
• Participate in teaching and mentoring of students and junior staff.
• Suggest improvements in care provision, challenge poor practice, and raise concerns to the relevant agencies where appropriate.
• Ensure 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 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 with and consult the multi-professional health care team and patient, communicating sensitive and complex information.
• Use highly developed communication skills to guide, advise and support patients, ward/physio/theatre staff regarding management of proposed admission and its impact on patients/carers.
• Identify and overcome barriers to patient understanding when communicating complex or distressing information.
• Provide verbal and written information to enable informed consent for treatment, using specialist knowledge.
• Establish partnerships with patients/carers and communicate in potentially distressing or emotional 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 as necessary.
• Critically reflect on own performance through supervision/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. 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 holidays
• 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 24/7 employee assistance line
• Long service, employee recognition and appreciation awards
• Access to the Ramsay Academy for career growth and specialisation

About us

We’re Ramsay Health Care UK. With 35 hospitals, 7,600 staff and 200,000 patients treated every year, we’re a leading independent healthcare provider in England. We offer a wide range of clinical services from routine to complex surgery, day case procedures, cancer care, diagnostic services and physiotherapy, with three standalone decontamination units supporting clinical outcomes. 94% of our facilities are rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

We’re part of a global hospital group with over 60 years’ experience across 11 countries. Our ethos is people caring for people, and our people are our most important asset.

If you would like more information please contact the Recruitment Team. (Email: unsuitable link removed)

We care. It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all, and this position is subject to background and DBS checks.