Staff Nurse - Pre-Operative Assessment

Moorfields Eye Hospital, London; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in London seeks a dedicated nurse to enhance the pre-assessment service. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality nursing care, conduct holistic patient assessments, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure patient safety and dignity. The role offers opportunities for professional development and participation in NHS benefits, including a pension scheme and wellness programs.

Benefits

Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement

Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme

Free 24/7 independent counselling service

Learning and development opportunities

Easy and quick transport links

A range of attractive benefits and discounts

Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes

Free Pilates classes

Full support and training to develop your skills

Flexible working friendly organisation

Qualifications

• Experience in nursing with a focus on patient care.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Capable of conducting holistic patient assessments.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the delivery of pre-assessment service.
• Ensure effective running of the service while ensuring patient safety.
• Act as advocate for patients and meet NHS standards.

Job description

The post holder will assist with the delivery of pre-assessment service at Moorfields City Road site.

The post holder will facilitate the provision of excellent nursing care and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team. They will assist in ensuring the effective running of the service whilst ensuring the safety and wellbeing of patients and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

Responsible for assessment of care needs of patients, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes with direct supervision. They will apply a holistic approach to patient care, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission to discharge.

To act as advocate for patients within the area, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.

To ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.

Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care.

Benefits

• Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement
• Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
• Free 24/7 independent counselling service
• Learning and development opportunities
• Easy and quick transport links
• A range of attractive benefits and discounts
• Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes
• Free Pilates classes
• Full support and training to develop your skills
• Flexible working friendly organisation