Staff Nurse - Pre-Assessment

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Banburytime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 24 Days Agotime left to apply:
End Date:
October 2, 2025 (5 days left to apply) job requisition :
JR12543
** 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 act as a resource and to provide education for patients and health care personnel, and to direct the pre-assessment nursing team.
* Carry out relevant forms of care without direct supervision, working effectively within the multi-disciplinary team
* To support of all members of staff within the Outpatient department, including students of nursing/visiting healthcare professionals
* Actively participate in the teaching and mentoring of students and junior staff
* To suggest improvements in care provision, recognizing and challenging poor practice, raising concerns to the relevant agencies where appropriate.
* Ensure that the nursing philosophy of care for Pre-operative assessment is reflected in practice.
* To ensure provision of a high standard of nursing care to patients attending the Outpatient department working within agreed policies and procedures.
* 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
* Collaborates and consults with the multi-professional health care team and the patient, communicating very sensitive, complex information.
* 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
* Provides verbal and written information to patient, to enable them to give informed consent for treatment, using specialist knowledge.
* Establishes partnerships with patients/carers and communicates with them, sometimes in highly distressing or emotional circumstances
* Provides, receives, interprets and communicates complex information with a range of health care personnel
* Act as patients advocate, ensuring that informed consent, privacy and dignity are maintained (NMC)
* Carry out health promotion within job role utilising information leaflets and networking with other specialist healthcare staff around the Trust where necessary
* 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*
* ** 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.
** Benefits
* ** Contributory pension scheme
* 25 days’ annual leave plus eight Bank Holiday days
* Family friendly policies including enhanced parental…