Registered Nurse - Pre Op Assessment

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to come and join us in our WGH service, as part of the Pre-Operative Assessment team.  We are looking for someone with previous experience of POA due to this being a fix term temporary role covering a secondment.

You will become part of a very proactive POA team who work hard to ensure the Trusts theatre capacity is fully utilised whilst also ensuring patients have a safe and positive experience of elective surgery.

You will need to be organised, have excellent time management,  able to multi-task, have excellent written and verbal communication skills.  You should be passionate about elective surgery and understand the risks of anaesthetic and surgery and also have a good understanding of co-morbidities before and during surgery.

Main duties of the job

Undertaking pre-operative  holistic assessments including management of complex co-morbidities, health promotion, optimisation, physical examination and be able to work to a high level of autonomy.

You will be working collaboratively and cooperatively with surgical clinicians, anaesthetists, the waiting list officers, GP's, Clinical investigations, Cardiologists, Respiratory physicians, Endocrinologist plus other clinical specialists.

Your role will be to make sure that the patients you see are fit, ready and available for the elective surgery they are planned at a site that is safe for them and in a time scale that works for the Trust and the patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/