Practice Plus Group is one of England's largest independent providers of self-pay, insured and NHS healthcare. Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth has a CQC Good rating and provides excellent healthcare to the population of Plymouth and the south west region, including Cornwall, Isles of Scilly and all of Devon. We are an elective surgical centre providing arthroplasty surgery, orthopaedics, general surgery, endoscopy, and cataract surgery.
The clinical services include Outpatients, Day Surgery Unit, Inpatient Ward, Theatres, Endoscopy suite, Radiography, Physiotherapy, and Pharmacy with care provided by a multidisciplinary team.
We are looking to recruit an experienced Pre-Assessment Nurse for our Outpatients Department. This is an exciting time to join PPG Plymouth as we are increasing our clinical activity and growing our teams. The inpatient ward primarily cares for our post-operative arthroplasty patients with some general surgery and other orthopaedic surgery patients.
To find out more information please contact Thomas.Quirke@practiceplusgroup.com. Please note the closing date for applications will be Friday, 6th December and interviews to take place from Monday, 16th December.
Job summary
As a Pre-Assessment Nurse in our Outpatients department, you will deliver a high standard of patient care supported by evidence-based practice.
Main duties of the job
The Pre-Assessment Nurse will ensure that nursing is practised within the constraints of and guided by:
* All relevant Department of Health Legislation
* NMC Code of professional conduct
* Care Quality Commission
* NICE guidelines
* Practice Plus Group policies and procedures
* OPD Unit specific policies and procedures
The post holder will function as a clinical practitioner within the Outpatient and Pre-assessment Service and will be responsible for the delivery of patient care, managing and organising a workload on a daily basis. The post holder will ensure effective communication in which high-quality patient care is delivered.
Qualifications
* NMC Registered Nurse Part 1
* ECG, Venepuncture training
Experience
* Recent experience at Band 5 or equivalent in an acute surgical setting
* Experience in Orthopaedics
* Experience in a pre-assessment/outpatient setting
* Ability to demonstrate evidence-based practice
Skills and Knowledge
* Ability to plan, allocate, and evaluate own work and develop self to enhance performance of others
* Ability to teach/train/develop Health Care Assistants
* Report writing skills
* Able to meet the needs of the patients
* Prepared to undertake appropriate pre-assessment qualifications and courses
In return
* Competitive fixed salary
* Private pension
* 25 days annual leave (+Bank Holidays)
* Private Medical Insurance
* Continuous Training and development
* Access to Reward and Gateway scheme
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Practice Plus Group
Address:
20 Brest Road
International Business Park
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 5XP
Employer's website
https://practiceplusgroup.com/our-jobs/join-our-team/
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