Pre Op Assessment Team Lead | Pre Assessment Department | Part Time – 30hrs | Permanent | Elland
Spire Elland are looking for an experienced Pre Op Assessment Team Leader to join the pre assessment department on a part time of 30hrs per week, permanent basis. This role will suit a Pre Op Assessment Nurse who is looking for the next step in their career or a Nurse with the team leader experience.
Duties and responsibilities
* Working autonomously, completes POA for a caseload of patients and backfilling protected clinic slots for short dated bookings, undertaking a targeted history with assessment of past medical, operative and anaesthetic history.
* Lead on the clinical triage of all patient Health Questionnaires to ensure appropriate POA pathway identified for all patients.
* Local hospital short dated bookings process to be followed to reduce pressure points and to ensure a smooth patient journey for urgent cases.
* Completes testing as per NICE guidelines (NG45), interprets and manages the results, and where appropriate initiates relevant referrals to appropriate staff.
* Completes venepuncture, electrocardiogram, lung function testing and requesting of x-ray as per policy.
* Identifies patients with specific health issues and undertakes relevant risk scoring where indicated and manages the results.
* Demonstrates appropriate review of previous anaesthetic documentation and is able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key factors that would require referral for anaesthetist assessment.
* Follows up on outcomes of referrals to ensure fitness to proceed.
* Provides information about any specific pre-operative instructions, intraoperative care and discharge.
* Identifies cultural requirements, communication or other specialist health or social needs.
* Liaises with the anaesthetist and surgeon to determine fitness to proceed.
* Following assessment, seeks advice where necessary, to ensure the appropriate level of post-operative care can be determined.
* Communicates any special requirements and essential resources to the MDT team.
Who we're looking for
* Adult Nursing Degree and registered with the NMC
* Knowledge of working within a pre-operative assessment.
* Advance assessment skills in a POA or equivalent background.
* Able to work independently and prioritise patient caseload and POA workload.
* Ability to work autonomously and experience of supervision of staff.
* Experience of leadership
* Well-developed communication skills, written verbal and IT.
* Participates and assists in the development of policy, guidelines and patient information for POA.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, both internally and externally
* Strong focus on delivering and meeting customer expectations
* Takes an active role in the supervision and teaching of staff and students, including assessment of EEs for junior staff.
Benefits
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
* 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
* Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
* Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
* Free Bupa wellness screening
* Private medical insurance
* Life assurance
* Free onsite parking
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
* Driving clinical excellence
* Doing the right thing
* Caring is our passion
* Keeping it simple
* Delivering on our promises
* Succeeding and celebrating together
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Lauren Armitage on lauren.armitage@spirehealthcare.com
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications
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