Staff Nurse - Pre-op Assessment | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

apartmentSt Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust placeSt Helens calendar_month07/03/2025

An exciting and challenging opportunity has become available for a Band 5 Staff Nurse within the Pre-op Assessment Department.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring immediate care to the relevant patient group and will work within the pre-operative assessment and admission service. We are a busy department assessing all patients undergoing surgery, many with multiple co-morbidities.

You will work closely with a wide MDT, including other hospitals and GP services to ensure a smooth, safe and positive journey for all our patients. We also support weekly Anaesthetic clinics, for complex patient assessment and planning.

You will be able to provide initial direct patient care. You will be expected to manage your own caseload of patients and will work within a ‘buddy’ system with a senior colleague to ensure patients are fully optimized and fit for surgery, whilst high standards of quality of care are delivered and maintained.

You will work autonomously and be a team player who

works flexibly in order to deliver the highest quality care to our patients. You will be enthusiastic, innovative with excellent communications skills along with a willingness to contribute to the improvement and development of services within pre op.

We provide this service Monday to Sunday which also includes late night clinics.

An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults and Children is required for this post.

To be able to provide care and emotional support to patients and their relatives who are planned admissions for surgical procedures
To participate in the holistic pre-operative assessment of patients, and to recognise and organise individual patient care needs, to be able to manage own workload and prioritise care
To participate in the teaching of student nurses and the in-service training of qualified nurses and health care assistants, and to participate in the induction of new starters
To display a consistently professional manner, and to be always caring and approachable
To commence and participate in research/special projects/ audit as directed by the team lead
To contribute to the setting, maintaining and monitoring of pre-operative assessment modernisation standards within the unit
To have responsibility for the security and maintenance of equipment belonging to the unit
To communicate clearly, effectively and politely with all levels of the multi-disciplinary team, patients, relatives and other departments
To be aware of and adhere to all Trust Policies and Procedures at all time
To report and record any untoward incidences via datix syste
To assist in the admission process, including obtaining results of investigations and any action required to, theatre utilisation in accordance with protocols – promote full
To demonstrate awareness of Infection control policies and procedures
To ensure that privacy and dignity of patients is paramount and is not compromised

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients.

We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

KEY DUTIES

To be able to provide care and emotional support to patients and their relatives who are planned admissions for surgical procedures
To participate in the holistic pre-operative assessment of patients, and to recognise and organise individual patient care needs, to be able to manage own workload and prioritise care
To participate in the teaching of student nurses and the in-service training of qualified nurses and health care assistants, and to participate in the induction of new starters
To display a consistently professional manner, and to be always caring and approachable
To commence and participate in research/special projects/ audit as directed by the team lead
To contribute to the setting, maintaining and monitoring of pre-operative assessment modernisation standards within the unit
To have responsibility for the security and maintenance of equipment belonging to the unit
To communicate clearly, effectively and politely with all levels of the multi-disciplinary team, patients, relatives and other departments
To be aware of and adhere to all Trust Policies and Procedures at all times
To report and record any untoward incidences via datix system
To assist in the admission process, including obtaining results of investigations and any action required to, theatre utilisation in accordance with protocols – promote full
To demonstrate awareness of Infection control policies and procedures
To ensure that privacy and dignity of patients is paramount and is not compromised
To ensure that all patient information is confidential and is not disclosed to a third party except with permission of the Nurse in Charge
To report any untoward incidents/occurrences
To ensure that all patient care is delivered with the highest degree of professionalism
To present an appearance which gives a positive image of the Trust and a manner which is appropriate and which inspires confidence
To attend specifically fire and lifting and handling lectures annually and ensure appropriate updates are attended once H.C.A. training is complete
To participate in an annual performance review undertaken with the Ward Manager to identify personal development needs

CLINICAL AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Practice safely at all times within the Nursing and Midwifery council, the code and all other NMC Guidance
Maintain professionalism at all times and be a role model for all staf
Work within and monitor standards of care within the defined policies, procedures, standards and protocols to ensure the delivery of a high standard of car
Maintain coherent and accurate nursing assessments when performing any nursing care. Ensure that you always incorpate the 6c’s into all of the nursing assessments and follow up assessments you do
Act as a role model by demonstrating high standards of care within the clinical environment
Ensure effective communication is adhered at all times
Participate and engage with all of the audit requirements to ensure the clinic runs effectively and efficiently

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To ensure that privacy and dignity of patients is paramount and is not compromised
To ensure that all patient information is confidential and is not disclosed to a third party except with permission of the Nurse in Charge
To report any untoward incidents/occurrences via Datix system
To ensure that all patient care is delivered with the highest degree of professionalism
To present an appearance which gives a positive image of the Trust and a manner which is appropriate and which inspires confidence
To ensure that you maintain all competencies of the role, face to face and online requirement
To participate in an annual performance review undertaken with the unit manager to identify personal development needs.

This advert closes on Thursday 27 Mar 2025

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