Main area: Pre-operative Assessment
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Some ad hoc additional weekend clinics.)
Job ref: 153-SU04253
Employer: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Poole Hospital
Town: Poole
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/03/2025 23:59
Pre-Operative Assessment Nurse - Band 6
As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
Job overview
Surgical Pre-admission Assessment is a great way to develop your nursing career.
The post involves screening and pre-operative assessment of a diverse group of patients undergoing a wide range of elective surgical and orthopaedic procedures. The role requires an inquisitive nature and provides a varied and interesting workload where two days are never the same.
It is expected that the candidates for the band 6 post will have experience and knowledge of surgical procedures and pathways, good critical decision-making skills, and communication skills. A formal qualification in advanced History taking would be advantageous.
We pride ourselves on being a close and supportive team that consists of Anaesthetists, a Clinical Lead Nurse, Specialist nurses, Staff nurses, health care assistants, and administrative staff, who would provide the successful candidate with the support required to become an integral member of our close team.
Bournemouth Hospital has been part of University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust since our merger with Poole Hospital. It is an exciting time for our department as we are in the process of rolling out our digital pre-assessment service, changing and shaping the way the department runs to improve patient care.
This role requires NMC Registration
Base Location: Poole Hospital - please note that cross-site working will be required
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
* Assessment of patients undergoing surgical procedures, including taking of full health history, utilising GP records and historic notes, to ensure optimal pathway through to safe surgery. With advanced training, the band 6 role includes physical assessment of patients.
* Coordination of the department on a daily basis to ensure flow of patients through the department and best utilisation of staff.
* Ordering of investigations to include, but not restricted to, blood tests, ECGs, swabs, and urine samples as per NICE guidelines and UHD protocols.
* Referral to MDT where appropriate, to include anaesthetist, Anticoagulant clinic, Respiratory function team.
* Communication with MDT to include admissions teams.
* Coordination of patient follow-up as an integral part of the role.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following the merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long-term. With the larger service operating from the Poole site, Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at the interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registered Nurse
* Advanced Physical examination of the Adult qualification
Experience
* Broad surgical/Anaesthetic Nursing experience.
* Ability to work at an autonomous level.
* Evidence of supervision of staff to ensure standards of care.
* IT literacy using a range of current and relevant packages.
* Venepuncture.
* ECG recording.
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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