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Staff Nurse, Pre Assessment Unit
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
West Midlands
On-site
GBP 31,000 - 38,000
Full time
Job summary
A healthcare provider in the Midlands is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join the Pre-Operative Assessment Department. The role involves working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, conducting assessments, and providing patient-centered care. Candidates should be registered nurses with acute care experience. This position offers a chance to develop skills in various clinics and a commitment to flexible working arrangements.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience of working in an acute care setting.
- Ability to undertake Countywide work.
- Evidence of continuing education.
Responsibilities
- Provide supervision and support to students and unqualified staff.
- Maintain accountability for assessing and planning programmes of care.
- Conduct holistic clinical assessments of all patients.
Skills
Education
Would you like the opportunity to join us as a Band 5 Staff Nurse? If so, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting talented, committed individuals who share our vision, values and professional ambition. We currently have a vacancy in the Pre‑Operative Assessment Department:
- 37.5 hours per week, at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.
Countywide working will also be required when necessary to cover clinics. We have a wide range of different clinics offering a good opportunity to learn and give variety to your working week. We are committed to providing flexibility and can offer shift patterns as above, Monday – Friday.
Our pre‑op assessments are made through an online system called My Pre‑Op Plus (MPOP). The service provides assessment for a wide variety of surgical procedures across the County, so you will be mentored and supported to learn the role. Ideally you will have pre‑operative assessment experience, but a sound knowledge of both medicine and surgery will also be considered. This is an exciting time to join the service, with many national changes happening and services being re‑configured to meet the healthcare needs of our local communities. The service offers a range of clinics to maximise learning potential and opportunity to gain new skills such as triage, venepuncture and ECG interpretation. You will work closely with the Nursing and Anaesthetic team and be supported to achieve your pre‑operative competencies.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital‑based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised for providing good and outstanding patient‑centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do:
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation – this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex‑positive employer.
DBS checks: Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see the Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time, Flexible working
Reference number: C9365‑25‑0675
Job locations:
- The Alexandra Hospital, Woodrow Drive, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 7UB.
- Kidderminster General Hospital, Bewdley Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 6RJ.
- Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, WR5 1DD.
Job responsibilities:
- Use your clinical experience and skills to work with your team as a named nurse, maintaining accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing.
- Act with compassion and put patients at the centre of all you do.
- Communicate effectively with patients and their carers regarding their care and educate patients where a need exists.
- Communicate effectively with the Multi‑Disciplinary Team to ensure high‑quality patient care.
- Show commitment to sustaining and developing your clinical competence and professional awareness.
- Provide supervision, support and education to unqualified staff and students.
- Show courage by embracing new ways of working and by speaking up when you have concerns.
- Rotate through Pre‑op Assessment Countywide (KTC, WRH and the Alexandra).
- Ensure provision of accurate pre‑operative patient information and documentation via My Pre‑Op Plus (MPOP); conduct holistic clinical assessments of all patients awaiting surgery, making appropriate onward referrals in a timely fashion.
- Communicate effectively with patients, carers and members of the Multi‑Disciplinary Team.
- Safeguard vulnerable adults.
- Educate patients and their carers as required, providing health promotion to make every contact count.
- Ensure that all necessary follow‑up and discharge preparations are in place prior to admission.
- Liaise with Consultants and their teams in the event of surgical cancellations.
- Develop and sustain your knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in accordance with PREP requirements, maintaining a professional portfolio with evidence of reflective practice.
- Share skills and knowledge with the team as appropriate.
- Contribute to research and development programmes within the department.
- Set and monitor measurable standards of care and be accountable for maintaining them.
- Participate in handling complaints in accordance with Trust policy.
- Participate in preceptorship programmes, acting as a mentor / preceptor / role model to less experienced staff.
- Assist in training and development of student nurses and health‑care assistants.
- Show awareness of budgeting, exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment.
- Undertake clinical / shift management within the department, with support.
- Assist in assessing staffing requirements, reporting problems to the appropriate manager, ensuring safe staffing levels and safe practice for the Pre‑Operative Assessment service.
- Ensure effective communication and shared learning within the immediate team through daily huddles.
To be the major provider of acute and specialist services for the people of Worcestershire (and wider) with a strong reputation for providing outstanding, high‑quality, reliable, accessible and integrated healthcare for local people.
This key role is central to our core purpose of delivering safe, high‑quality compassionate care. In addition to all the benefits you would expect from working for an NHS Employer, we will provide you with an extensive induction and a preceptorship programme to support you in achieving your ongoing development. As you progress in your career, there are opportunities to develop into a Band 6 Nurse and undertake specialist training.
- Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.
- Accurate record keeping.
- Compliance with Trust and departmental policies and procedures.
- Effective written and verbal communication.
- Problem‑solving and flexibility.
- Mentoring and supporting unregistered and student staff.
- IT literate.
- Risk identification and management.
- Determination and tenacity in challenging situations.
- Identify personal development needs.
- Work autonomously.
- Significant proven knowledge and experience in a speciality of medicine and/or surgery.
- Phlebotomy.
- Ability to take ECGs.
- Registered Nurse on sub‑part 1 of the professional register.
- Experience of working in an acute care setting.
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality.
- NMC‑recognised Mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards it within 18 months of starting the post.
- Ability to undertake Countywide work.
- Significant proven knowledge and experience in Pre‑Operative Assessment or valid transferable skills.
- Experience of working in acute care within surgery or medicine.
- Significant proven knowledge and experience in Pre‑Operative Assessment or valid transferable skills.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Same as above for DBS and UK Registration.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
The Alexandra Hospital
Woodrow Drive
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 7UB
Website: https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/
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