Preop Assessment Lead

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Preop Lead Nurse to oversee the delivery of exceptional evidencebased care within our PreAssessment service. This is a senior clinical leadership position responsible for ensuring high standards of patient care operational efficiency and a safe organised working environment.

The Preop Lead will manage the day-to-day service including both FacetoFace and telephone-based pre-assessments while providing strong clinical leadership and supporting the wider outpatient team. The role involves balancing clinical responsibilities with key management duties supporting workforce planning and leading on HR-related functions for the team.

The post holder will be a visible clinical leader spending approximately 75% of their time within the outpatient nursing rota contributing directly to patient care.

Operational Management & Leadership

• Lead the delivery of highquality evidencebased care across the Outpatients/Preassessment department.

• Provide visible motivational leadership through strong communication feedback appraisals and rolemodelling.

• Ensure safe efficient daily operations including staffing levels skill mix resource allocation and rota management.

• Oversee ward environment equipment consumables and medication management.

• Maintain administrative and clinical governance including KPIs audits incident investigations quality monitoring and safe staffing.

• Build strong relationships with consultants and the wider MDT to support personalised efficient patient care.

• Deputise for the Outpatient Sister and Head of Nursing actively contributing to the wider leadership team and service development.

• Promote collaborative effective communication across the MDT resolving issues and seeking feedback from staff.

• Drive quality improvement initiatives SOP and policy development and support change management.

• Stay current with professional guidance and share best practice across the team.

• Support sustainability and lead on ward-based regulatory compliance in preparation for CQC.

Management of Staff

• Lead all aspects of staff management including recruitment induction appraisals performance sickness retention and professional development.

• Ensure full compliance with HR policies and accurate maintenance of staff competencies.

• Mentor coach and develop nursing staff creating a positive learning culture in line with professional standards.

• Support continuous professional development reflective practice and student supervision.

• Deliver effective communication through meetings updates and structured information cascades.

• Promote wellbeing inclusivity diversity and respectful leadership.

• Take responsibility for personal development to strengthen leadership and clinical capability.

Patient Care Safety & Quality

• Act as a visible accessible senior clinical leader for patients families and staff.

• Lead and supervise safe evidencebased nursing practice ensuring robust assessment risk management and care delivery.

• Monitor clinical standards and nursing performance indicators acting on areas for improvement.

• Maintain accurate nursing documentation and ensure effective communication of patient progress.

• Provide highquality clinical information and support to patients and relatives.

• Ensure a safe clean ward environment strong infection prevention practices and effective equipment and medicines management.

• Lead the ward audit programme and ensure completion of actions.

• Manage patient feedback concerns and complaints promptly using insights to improve care.

Key Measures of Success

• Strong performance in regulatory assessments (e.g. aiming for Outstanding in CQC).

• Achievement of clinical and managerial KPIs.

• Effective budget management and resource utilisation.

• High compliance with policies procedures and professional standards.

• Positive patient outcomes satisfaction scores and experience feedback.

• Positive staff survey results engagement and feedback.

  Why work for Fortius Clinic

  Fortius Clinic is home to more than 200 worldleading specialistssurgeons sports physicians rheumatologists pain management experts radiologists and spinal consultantsworking together to deliver exceptional orthopaedic and sports medicine care. Every year we diagnose and treat thousands of patients from elite athletes aiming to return to peak performance to individuals managing chronic arthritis or recovering from injury.

  Fortius was founded by a group of specialists united by a bold ambition: to push the boundaries of orthopaedics and sports medicine and set new standards of clinical excellence. From the start we believed in the power of superspecialismbringing together exceptional clinicians focused on one area of medicine creating a centre of excellence built on deep expertise shared vision and the belief that we are stronger together.

  In 2021 Fortius Clinic joined the Affidea Group one of Europes leading healthcare providers. With the support of Affidea and its longterm investor GBL we are accelerating our mission to become Europes foremost specialist provider of orthopaedics and sports medicine.

  At Fortius we offer some of the most exciting and rewarding career opportunities in private healthcare. Our strength comes from our peopletheir talent expertise and commitment to delivering outstanding patient care. Our core values sit at the heart of everything we do guiding our culture our standards and our ambition to continually raise the bar for excellence.

• Benefits:

  • Highly competitive salary

  • Private Medical and Dental Insurance

  • Company Pension Scheme

  • Perkbox - save money and earn perks while you shop!

  • Employee Assistance Programme

  • Occupational health services

  • Season Ticket Loans

  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Childcare Vouchers

  • Free breakfast

  • Free fruit

  • Referral Scheme: earn 1500 for every successful referral!!