Pre-operative Assessments Lead Practitioner
Leicester Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time |
Competitive Salary depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
We are looking for a Pre-operative assessment lead practitioner for our Hospital to help us build a healthier nation. You’re registered with the appropriate governing body and you have the relevant qualifications and experience, including NMC. With strong clinical leadership, you will lead a team to a shared vision to promote innovation and sustainability. As a clinical leader, you will have good communication and organizational skills and the ability to work as part of a team. Knowledge and understanding of running a smooth and effective department is also essential.
As our Pre-Operative Clinical Lead, you will:
1. Work within the Pre-operative assessments (POA) department responsible for a caseload of patients and leading the pre-operative team. This involves taking targeted medical histories, assessing past medical, surgical, and anesthetic histories, and ensuring appropriate pathways are identified through clinical triage of patient Health Questionnaires.
2. Assist in implementing local and national processes for bookings to alleviate pressure points and ensure a seamless patient journey.
3. Perform tests in line with NICE guidelines (NG45), actioning on these results, and initiating referrals to appropriate colleagues/departments when necessary.
4. Identify patients with specific health concerns, applying relevant risk scoring, and managing outcomes appropriately.
5. Review previous anesthetic records, demonstrating understanding of key factors requiring anesthetist referral and ensuring timely follow-up on referral outcomes.
To succeed as Clinical Leader, you will need:
* A minimum of 5 years of post-registration experience, with expertise in a Pre-Assessment department.
* Comprehensive knowledge of departmental operations, including the efficient management of equipment and resources.
* Excellent communication, organizational, and teamwork abilities.
* Active registration with the NMC as a Registered Nurse.
* Proven clinical expertise and leadership skills, with the ability to bring a team together around a common goal, encourage, and promote new ideas.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy, and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts, and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Leicester Hospital.
Founded in 1969, Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital was originally built from funds raised by the local community and is now one of the leading providers of private healthcare in Leicestershire. The Hospital has a strong local reputation with patients remaining loyal. The Hospital had a £4.5 million refurbishment in 2011 and was the blueprint for the wider Hospitals refresh programme. The Hospital has 28 ensuite inpatient beds, 2 Laminar flow theatres, an Endoscopy Suite, a minor treatment room, and 14 consulting rooms. The hospital delivers a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient treatments and services using the best possible technologies. Since 2015 we have invested in a static MRI unit, a new digital X-ray room, and digital mammography. We are a local centre of excellence for Children and Young People Services. Having a Fitness & Wellbeing Gym in Leicester has led to a close working relationship, and the Hospital was a forerunner for the Nuffield recovery plus programme. The Hospital has been rated as a ‘Good’ hospital by the CQC and achieved this rating across the 5 key lines of enquiry across all departments inspected.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
Applications will be considered as they are received, and interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close adverts early, for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications. Therefore, please apply early to ensure you are considered for the post.
It starts with you.
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