Staff Nurse
Job overview
The pre-assessment team at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our team of experienced Pre-operative assessment nurses .
The role involves face to face or telephone assessment prior to patients' anticipated elective surgery to ensure that they are adequately prepared and fit for their operation to proceed safely. You will be working in a nurse led team liaising closely with our anaesthetic colleagues following local and national guidelines for pre-operative management of both day case and in patient procedures.
Main duties of the job
You will be based within the pre-operative assessment clinic at Frimley Park Hospital and will review patients from multiple surgical specialities. The purpose of pre-assessment is to prepare patients for surgery, optimise their health and help to reduce cancellations.It requires an accurate assessment of a patient's general health and fitness before surgery which is underpinned with pre-operative testing and investigations. All patients undergoing a general anaesthetic will require a nurse led pre-assessment, and we are looking for an experienced and dynamic nurse to complement our clinical team.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for a nurse with effective communication skills, who is confident to interpret blood results, ECG's and make decisions based on their clinical findings. We require candidates to have excellent verbal, written and IT skills in order to document an accurate medical history, and identify high risk patients requiring further review.A knowledge of surgical specialties/procedures is useful, but not essential. As a pre-assessment nurse you must be able to cope with your own caseload independently. This will require the ability to prioritise, multitask and manage your time effectively.
As a band 5 you will be supported by a team of band 6 specialist nurses to support, and improve your decision making. As a nurse led clinic, pre-assessment delivers a unique opportunity for those looking to expand their skills in assessment, decision making and autonomous working with the support of the anaesthetic team
Our current opening hours are 07:00 until 18.00 Monday to Friday, There is a possibility that we will expand clinic hours to include some Saturdays.
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria- Minimum 2 years post qualification experience
- NMC Nursing Registration (Adult Nursing)
- Demonstrable communication skills - both written and verbal
- understanding of GIRFT principles
- Experience of pre operative assessment
- knowledge of Epic (or similar) and Trust IT systems
Communication
Essential criteria- Good communication skills - both written and verbal
- demonstrated from application form / at interview
Time Management
Essential criteria- Good time management skills / ability to manage own caseload
- Ability to manage own caseload
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.