Staff Nurse - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Description

Pre-Operative Assessment Nurse, Band 5

An opportunity has arisen for a enthusiastic and dynamic Band 5 Nurse to join our Nurse Led Pre-operative Assessment ( P.O.A.) team.

We are looking for someone who is flexible, committed to maintaining and improving high standards of patient care and experience. We assess elective patients to ensure that they are safe and fully optimised for Orthopaedic surgery and anaesthetic.

Main duties of the job The purpose of this role is to provide comprehensive preoperative clinical assessment, as well as detailed advice and counselling for surgical patients and their carers. The post holder will act as a junior team member, supported by senior colleagues whilst developing skills specific to the preoperative care environment.

The post holder will be:

• Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation and delivery of care packages for patients undergoing POA for elective surgery
• Responsible for a defined caseload of patients

About us With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH. Job description Job responsibilities

• Manage and deliver care in the POA setting for a variety of patients undergoing surgical procedures with reference to senior colleagues.
• Develop skills in interviewing so as to elicit an accurate patient history suitable to form the basis of a comprehensive preparation for surgery
• Undertake clinical interventions, request appropriate investigations and communicate findings as relevant to other members of the MDT with reference to senior colleagues
• Review results of investigations in a timely manner to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays which may jeopardise the agreed date for surgery. For all other duties please see attached job description and person spec.

Person Specification Essential Essential

• N.M.C Registered
• Demonstrate Trust Values and Behaviours
• Acute Hospital Experience
• Experience of assessing and planning patient care

Desirable

• Nurse Led Clinic Services
• Nurse Led Services
• Post Registration learning and qualification
• Orthopaedic experience

Essentail Essential

• Demonstrates Trust values and Behaviours
• N.M.C. Registered

Desirable Essential

• Nurse Led Services experience
• Orthopaedic Experience
• Clinic experience

Employer details Employer name Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts Address City Campus

Hucknall Road

Nottingham

NG5 1PB Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply #J-18808-Ljbffr