PreAMS Paediatric Senior Clinical Staff Nurse

Job overview

The children and young people’s pre-anaesthetic management service (CYP PreAMS) aims to provide a multidisciplinary assessment for all children and young people requiring a planned anaesthetic; ensuring all medical, physical and emotional needs are met before admission to hospital.

The objectives of CYP PreAMS are:

• To ascertain a patient’s suitability for anaesthetic and proposed procedure through clinical assessment and health screening
• Optimise health conditions
• Provide psychological preparation and anxiety management
• Support patients with additional needs – learning disabilities, autism, ADHD etc
• Improve safety and quality of care through multidisciplinary team working, shared decision making and robust care planning
• Provide up to date and relevant information to children and families to ensure informed consent
• Create an opportunity for health promotion / safeguarding – making every contact count.

Main duties of the job

The children and young people’s pre-anaesthetic management service (CYP PreAMS) aims to provide a multidisciplinary assessment for all children and young people requiring a planned anaesthetic; ensuring all medical, physical and emotional needs are met before admission to hospital.

The objectives of CYP PreAMS are:

• To ascertain a patient’s suitability for anaesthetic and proposed procedure through clinical assessment and health screening
• Optimise health conditions
• Provide psychological preparation and anxiety management
• Support patients with additional needs – learning disabilities, autism, ADHD etc
• Improve safety and quality of care through multidisciplinary team working, shared decision making and robust care planning
• Provide up to date and relevant information to children and families to ensure informed consent
• Create an opportunity for health promotion / safeguarding – making every contact count.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Senior Clinical Nurse within the PreAMS Department supports the Service Lead and Directorate Management team in the delivery of the Service Level Agreement for Children’s Services, anaesthetics and theatres    The Senior Clinical Nurse works closely with the Service Lead in the delivery of evidence based practice; ensuring patients receive safe and effective patient care to meet the Directorate & Trust safety agenda and matching parent and family expectations.   The Senior Team work in close partnership with the Consultants and Nurse Practitioners to ensure all patients receive a quality service when accessing the Service and will develop new Patient pathways, PGD’s guidelines and policies to support this working with the Lead Nurse for Quality for the area.