Senior Staff Nurse Pre-Operative Assessment
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition of innovation. As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for supporting your manager and colleague in ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being.
We require a motivated individual who can work autonomously and within a team with a flexible approach to work planning and management. You must have excellent communication and team working skills, be able to engage with a variety of stakeholders and demonstrate positive professional role modelling. You need to have a passion for supporting and developing yourself and others.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful candidate will join the Theatres and Anaesthesia division as part of our team of pre-assessment nurses. This role will require focused assessment and patient communication skills, as well as the ability to work with a broad range of healthcare professionals to ensure patients are optimised prior to their surgical procedure.
They will also be expected to work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines and take responsibility for:
1. Protecting and supporting the health of individual patients and clients
2. Assessment of care and health education needs
3. Development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient
There is also an expectation for the successful candidate to demonstrate leadership and management skills in taking charge of the ward/department in the absence of the person holding continuous responsibility and in acting as a facilitator/mentor preceptor to all learners.
About Us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
* University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
* National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
* Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
* University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
* Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
* University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
* The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
* University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world-class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job Responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
* Registered Nurse Part 1, 2 or relevant section of the register
* Teaching course
* In possession of BSc or working towards
Experience
* Relevant experience at Band 5
* Previous experience in pre-assessment
Skills and Abilities
* Demonstrates awareness of research and evidence-based practice
* Demonstrates understanding of principles of Clinical Governance
* Prioritises own workload
* Acts on own initiative and problem-solves utilising resources available
Communication
* Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
* Communicates with patients and carers in an empathetic manner
* Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care
* Ability to work with electronic patient records (EPR)
Personal and People Development
* Demonstrates evidence of professional development in line with KSF, maintains updated Portfolio
* Demonstrates an awareness of the role of preceptor/facilitator
* Reflective in Practice
* Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others
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.
Salary: £44,806 to £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS
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