# Preassessment Senior Staff Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** East Grinstead
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 28.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-20T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-06T09:30:50.654Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/East_Grinstead/Queen_Victoria_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Preassessment/Preassessment-v8024082
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8024082?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.qvh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are currently seeking an experienced highly motivated professional qualified nurse to join our preassessment team.  This individual will be able to work within a multidisciplinary team approach to ensuring patients are optimised  and prepared safely for surgery.

Exciting developments coming to preassessment including NHS GIRFT recovery work, pre-screening and development  of digital preassessment module.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with in the preassessment team undertaking assessments on patients due for plastic, maxiloifacial and corneo-plastic surgery. Supporting the anaesthetic  and surgical teams, patients and relatives. Liaising with external agencies to ensure pre operative health promotion and optimal patient care. Identifying and highlighting patient needs and notifying scheduling, theatres, ward, discharge team and consultants  while planning effective admissions for patients . The post holder will have excellent communication skills, be confident, motivated, independent and proactive in patient assessment, patient care and decision making skills.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will undertake pre-operative assessments of all elective inpatient and day surgery admissions including local, regional and general anaesthetics. By successfully completing the assessment process, ordering preoperative investigations and liaising with internal and external members of the multidisciplinary team the post holder will have prepared the patients for admission and reduce cancellations.

Be expected to work autonomously and independently with exceptional time management, prioritise referrals to within the trust and primary care. Be in charge of their own caseload including cancellation of admissions and following up referrals and investigations for the more complex patients.

The post holder must demonstrate clinical decision-making skills and take responsibility for decisions. Ordering correct pre-operative investigations. Liaising with specialist teams to create and organise preoperative care management plans, including making the clinical decision to refer to medical anaesthetic team and declare a patient is fit for surgery. Acting on abnormal results in a timely and effective manner to minimise any delays in treatment.

Be able to provide health promotion advice when indicated and give explanations to the patients +/- relatives and promote health education to provide efficient discharge of patients.

Take an in-depth history from the patient and evaluate previously unknown health issues.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Preassessment Process
- Competence across a range of nursing either medical or surgical ward/clinic experience

**Desirable**

- Plastic, Corneo-plastic and maxillofacial nursing experience

### Experience

**Essential**

- Post registration experience surgical or medical
- Preassessment experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Current NMC registration

**Desirable**

- Evidence of management and leadership
- Preassessment Qualification

## Documents

- [qvh information (pdf, 2.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1058)
- [job description (pdf, 184.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10414585)
- [relocation policy (pdf, 631.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2763)
- [qvh privacy notice (pdf, 154.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1563)
- [dbs code of practice (pdf, 149.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1130)
- [recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1137)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3012)
- [qvh statement of conditions, vision and values (pdf, 200.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2742)

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