Registered Nurse - Pre-operative Assessment | Full time, Monday – Friday | Band 5 equivalent - Depending on experience | Sutton Coldfield
Spire Little Aston has an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse to join their growing and fast-paced pre-operative assessment team.
We offer you the opportunity to develop your skills with funded courses including the Pre-Operative Association Course, AIMS, ILS, PILS and ALS. As well as opportunities to progress in your career by rotating across different departments within the hospital and across other Spire Healthcare Hospitals.
Spire Little Aston Hospital is a leading private hospital in the Midlands, offering comprehensive hospital care to patients from Birmingham and the surrounding areas of the West Midlands and Staffordshire. The hospital has an exceptional reputation within a variety of specialties including Orthopaedics, Sports & Exercise Medicine, Cosmetics, Ophthalmic, Gynaecology, General Surgery & Physiotherapy.
We’re dedicated to providing quality treatment and aftercare to our patients. This means ongoing investment in our facilities and our staff.
Duties and responsibilities:
* Working in a fast paced nurse led pre assessment service alongside two lead anaesthetists.
* Assessing pre-operative patients and ensuring patients are optimised for surgery including dealing with blood results and ECGs.
* Responsible for providing exemplary care for patients visiting the hospital for surgery.
* Carrying out Electronic Pre-Operative Assessments. Full training will be given.
* Working as part of a wider MDT team including surgeons, anaesthetists and consultants.
Who we're looking for:
* You must be a qualified nurse with experience in a similar acute or surgical setting.
* Previous Pre-Assessment experience would be advantageous, but is not essential.
* You must hold a valid NMC pin with no conditions or restrictions.
* You must have excellent communication skills and be keen to develop your patient assessment, decision-making and clinical skills.
* You will be computer literate and confident in your ability to assess over the phone.
* Pre-Assessment qualification would be an advantage, but is not essential.
Benefits:
* 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.
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Beren Freeman on Beren.Freeman@Spirehealthcare.com
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
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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