Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualities
Enthusiastic and self-aware
- Qualities
Resilient under pressure
- Qualities
Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable
- Qualities
Team focused
- Experience
Relevant post-registration experience
- Experience
Knowledge of the Trust IT systems or equivalent Hospital IT system
- Experience
Basic Pharmacological Knowledge
- Qualifications
Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC
- Qualifications
Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Demonstrates ability to use clinical reasoning skills and techniques to assess and plan care: deliver, evaluate and amend the treatment plan.
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience within an acute surgical setting
- Experience
Research aware
- Qualifications
Recognised Mentoring and Assessing in clinical practice course
- Qualifications
Recognised qualification in pre-operative assessment
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Able to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to area of practice.
Job overview
We are seeking a motivated and experienced staff nurse to join the pre-operative assessment team.
The team provides detailed anaesthetic and nursing assessments for elective procedures for both day surgery and overnight stay patients due to undergo a general or regional anaesthetic or sedation. You will be part of a team but will need to be able to work independently within a clinic, managing a potentially complex caseload of patients. The successful candidate will have an interest in peri-operative care and be able to thrive in a busy area with many time pressures and deadlines. This post provides a great deal of job satisfaction and a chance to provide one on one patient care.
Additional working pattern details: Full and part time available
Main duties of the job
The staff nurse in POAC is responsible for the pre-operative assessment of adult patients having a planned surgical procedure for their fitness for general or regional anaesthetic or sedation and surgery within Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for patient-centred assessments which includes liaising with patients, their carers, and the multi-disciplinary team. The pre-assessment covers the physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient. They will be responsible for identifying issues that can be resolved and optimising patients prior to surgery, in- order for the patient to have the best possible surgical outcome, This will involve initiating plans of care to be facilitated within secondary care or within a community setting as appropriate.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Registered Nurse- Pre-operative Assessment, Band 5 with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucester, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Registered nurse role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 (pa pro rata if part-time). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 24 Nov 2026.
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