Staff Nurse- Pre-assessment
Staff Nurse- Pre-assessment
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Job Description
Would you like to join Londons leading nursing team We are looking for a Staff Nurse to join our busy preassessment department specialising in providing care to a variety of surgical specialties including urology gastrointestinal surgery and plastics/cosmetic surgery.
The successful applicant will work as part of the PreAssessment service ensuring safe and effective preoperative care. The post holder is responsible for ensuring the safe assessment of patients in line with Hospital and National guidelines. The candidate must aim to deliver high standards of care within a patient centred approach. The post holder must work efficiently and effectively and be able to work within a team environment. The post holder must be able to demonstrate an advanced level of assessment skills with analysis of clinical findings to determine fitness to proceed to surgery.
Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line minutes from Central London our luxury private Hospital has an international reputation for providing the highest quality of care to patients and is unique in that all profits fund our onsite Hospice St Johns
What would be my responsibilities as Preassessment Staff Nurse
- Working autonomously completes PreAssessment for a caseload of patients undertaking a targeted history with assessment of past medical operative and anaesthetic history.
- Prioritizes patients in based on the triage pathway and optimizing them in High risk clinic based on the validated health questionnaire.
- Completes testing as per NICE guidelines interprets and manages the results and where appropriate initiates relevant referrals to appropriate health care team.
- Completes venepuncture ECG lung function testing and requesting of xray as per policy.
- Identifies patients with specific health issues and undertakes relevant risk scoring where indicated and manages the results.
- Demonstrates appropriate review of previous anaesthetic documentation and is able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key factors that would require referral for anaesthetist assessment
- Follows up on outcomes of referrals to ensure fitness to proceed.
- Provides support and advice for patients carers family and staff.
- To be competent in Lifebox preassessment software to ensure accurate health records are kept at all times
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct and Hospitals Policies Procedures Protocols and Standards at all times
Am I the right person for this Preassessment Staff Nurse post
- Registered Nurse (Adult) with a valid NMC registration
- Diploma/degree in relevant subject
- Post registration qualification
- Demonstrate relevant experience and competency in area of specialities
- Minimum of 3 years postregistration in nursing field
- Previous experience in providing nurse led preassessment services.
- Excellent Clinical skills
Why work for us
At our Hospital we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training we offer our employees a wide range of benefits; from 27 days annual leave generous private healthcare cover contributory pension schemes including continuation of the NHS pension.
Working with us all eligible employees receive;
- Competitive pay with progressive band structuring
- Private healthcare cover of up to 20000 per year
- Ongoing training and development programmes
- Discounts at local national and online shops
- Interestfree season ticket loans
- Cycle to work loan scheme
- Employee Service Excellence recognition rewards
If you are ready for a new challenge and relish the chance to become part of a successful forward thinking organisation then we would love to hear from you.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
