Nursing Team Lead | Preassessment | Part Time | Permanent | Methley – LS26
Spire Elland is looking for an experienced Nursing Team Leader to join the preassessment department on a part time basis of 30hrs per week.
This role will suit a Preassessment Nurse who is looking for the next step in their career or a Registered Nurse with the team leader experience.
Spire Elland Hospital has been providing high levels of medical treatment and personal care since 1985. Our hospital has a full multi-disciplinary medical team on-site who practice some of the most advanced treatments on the latest generation imaging and diagnostic technology. This means we can offer everything from screening and rehabilitation through to leading-edge surgical procedures and excellence in specialist fields like orthopaedics, general surgery, gynaecology, and cosmetic procedures.
Duties and responsibilities
1. Working autonomously, completes POA for a caseload of patients and backfilling protected clinic slots for short dated bookings, undertaking a targeted history with assessment of past medical, operative and anaesthetic history.
2. Lead on the clinical triage of all patient Health Questionnaires to ensure appropriate POA pathway identified for all patients.
3. Local hospital short dated bookings process to be followed to reduce pressure points and to ensure a smooth patient journey for urgent cases.
4. Completes testing as per NICE guidelines (NG45), interprets and manages the results, and where appropriate initiates relevant referrals to appropriate staff.
5. Completes venepuncture, electrocardiogram, lung function testing and requesting of x-ray as per policy.
6. Identifies patients with specific health issues and undertakes relevant risk scoring where indicated and manages the results.
7. Demonstrates appropriate review of previous anaesthetic documentation and is able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key factors that would require referral for anaesthetist assessment.
8. Follows up on outcomes of referrals to ensure fitness to proceed.
9. Provides information about any specific pre-operative instructions, intraoperative care and discharge.
10. Identifies cultural requirements, communication or other specialist health or social needs.
11. Liaises with the anaesthetist and surgeon to determine fitness to proceed.
12. Following assessment, seeks advice where necessary, to ensure the appropriate level of post-operative care can be determined.
13. Communicates any special requirements and essential resources to the MDT team.
Who we're looking for
14. Adult Nursing Degree and registered with the NMC with no restrictions
15. Knowledge of working within a pre-operative assessment.
16. Advance assessment skills in a POA or equivalent background.
17. Able to work independently and prioritise patient caseload and POA workload.
18. Ability to work autonomously and experience of supervision of staff.
19. Experience of leadership
20. Well-developed communication skills, written verbal and IT.
21. Participates and assists in the development of policy, guidelines and patient information for POA.
22. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
23. Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, both internally and externally
24. Strong focus on delivering and meeting customer expectations
25. Takes an active role in the supervision and teaching of staff and students, including assessment of EEs for junior staff.
Benefits
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
26. 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
27. Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
28. Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
29. Free Bupa wellness screening
30. Private medical insurance
31. Life assurance
32. Free onsite parking
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
33. Driving clinical excellence
34. Doing the right thing
35. Caring is our passion
36. Keeping it simple
37. Delivering on our promises
38. Succeeding and celebrating together
39. Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people