Registered Nurse - Pre-Assessment Unit

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered Nurse to join our dynamic team in the Pre-Operative Assessment Unit at Ipswich Hospital. We are looking for a nurse with previous surgical experience.

Our nurse-led team delivers pre-operative assessment to patients who will be undergoing a range of procedures within the specialties of Orthopaedics. Working closely with anaesthetic colleagues and surgeons, we are a forward-thinking, innovative team who relish a challenge and who are responsive to the needs of the service and the requirements of our patients.

• Prepare the patient, and those close to them, for their forthcoming surgery, physically, psychologically and through education.
• Conduct thorough assessment and take appropriate actions to highlight and minimise operative risk, delivering safe outcomes through careful pathway planning.
• Physically examine the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in defined patients; experience in this area would be a real asset.

• Current registration as a nurse (Registered Nurse).
• Previous surgical experience; ideally with current or recent experience in acute surgical pathways.
• Experience assessing acutely ill medical patients could be useful.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here -

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Lyndsey Girling

Job title:

Head of Care
Email address: L