Pre-Assessment Nurse

You will work alongside your pre- assessment colleagues including, Surgeons and Perioperative Medicine and Senior Nursing Team to deliver high quality care to patients undergoing Breast, Gynae or Endocrine Surgery. The majority of these patients will be treated in the new Smithfield Wing.

You will have the opportunity to ensure patients receive high quality care, ensuring they feel informed, engaged and well prepared for their pending treatment. The post holder will actively contribute to realise the service vision and key targets by working closely with the service leads. The post holder will partner with the peers to drive incremental innovation to achieve safe and compassionate patient experience.

In return, we will develop your leadership skills in education, advance clinical knowledge and experience with formal and on-the-job training. The post holder will receive coaching, mentoring and opportunity to empower their own practice.

This is an exciting opportunity for a experienced nurse to contribute to the successful operations of a Center of Excellence. The post holder will be able to apply their clinical expertise, uphold professional reputation through empowering others and produce results though collboaratively working.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.

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Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Qualifications

Desirable: - Possession of or working towards a degree; - 1 year management / leadership experience; - Releveant pre- assessment course

Experience

Desirable: - Experience as pre- assessment nurse

Knowledge

Essential: - Knowledge of current evidence based practice in relevant surgical procedures; - Knowledge of a range of surgical procedures

Skills

Desirable: - Physical assessment