Staff Nurse – Pre-Assessment

Job Description

Staff Nurse – Pre-Assessment

37.5 Hours | Cherwell Hospital

The role

The Cherwell Hospital is currently looking to recruit an exceptional Pre-Assessment Nurse to provide specialist nursing expertise, facilitating evidence-based patient-cantered care and assessment for a defined caseload of pre-assessment patients.

• To work both independently and collaboratively with a team of nurses and healthcare assistants, enabling them to co-ordinate patients throughout their pre-assessment pathway, with a high level of input into the management and care of patients prior to admission for specified procedures.
• To support of all members of staff within the Outpatient department, including students of nursing/visiting healthcare professionals
• To act as a liaison link with the Multi-disciplinary team and contribute to work involved in the Anesthetic Meeting / Complex MDT meeting – for example – escalating complex patient and help plan their care
• Uses highly developed communication skills to provide guidance, advice and support to the patient / ward / physio / theatre staff regarding management of their proposed admission and its impact on patient’s/carer’s life.
• Whilst communicating complex, sensitive, sometimes distressing information to patient, is able to identify and overcome barriers to patient understanding
• Establishes partnerships with patients/carers and communicates with them, sometimes in highly distressing or emotional circumstances
• Act as patients advocate, ensuring that informed consent, privacy and dignity are maintained (NMC)
• Critically reflect on own performance through supervision/action learning
  
  

What You’ll Bring With You

• Current NMC registration
• Minimum 6 months paid experience in a Pre-op assessment Nurse role in an NHS/Private Hospital in the past 3 years
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently
• Flexible and positive attitude
• A warm, considerate and empathetic character
  
  

Where you’ll be based

Oxford Road, Banbury OX16 9FG

The Cherwell Hospital Banbury, Outpatients department

The Cherwell Hospital opened in 2006 and provides convenient, effective, high quality treatment for patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis whether medically insured, self-pay or funded by the NHS. Equipped with an onsite Imaging Department offering X-Ray, Ultrasound and MRI and a dedicated Physiotherapy Unit complete with rehabilitation gym, The Cherwell Hospital is perfectly designed for orthopaedic care.