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Pre Op Assessment Team Lead | Registered Nurse| Full Time | Permanent | Methley - LS26\n\nSpire Methley Park are looking for an experienced Pre Op Assessment Team Leader to join the pre assessment department on a full time basis of 37.5hrs per week.\n\nThis role will suit a Pre Op Assessment Nurse who is looking for the next step in their career or a Nurse with the team leader experience.\n\nSpire Methley Park Hospital situated in Methley in South Leeds, has recently completed a 7.6 million refurbishment, which included a new theatre equipped with cutting-edge technology enabling us to carry out complex surgery across a variety of clinical specialties. At Spire Methley Park Hospital caring for our patients is at the heart of what we do. We provide expert medical care in our modern, well-equipped hospital for all of our patients.\n\nDuties and responsibilities\n\nWorking 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.\nLead on the clinical triage of all patient Health Questionnaires to ensure appropriate POA pathway identified for all patients.\nLocal hospital short dated bookings process to be followed to reduce pressure points and to ensure a smooth patient journey for urgent cases.\nCompletes testing as per NICE guidelines (NG45), interprets and manages the results, and where appropriate initiates relevant referrals to appropriate staff.\nCompletes venepuncture, electrocardiogram, lung function testing and requesting of x-ray as per policy.\nIdentifies patients with specific health issues and undertakes relevant risk scoring where indicated and manages the results.\nDemonstrates 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.\nFollows up on outcomes of referrals to ensure fitness to proceed.
\nProvides information about any specific pre-operative instructions, intraoperative care and discharge.\nIdentifies cultural requirements, communication or other specialist health or social needs. \nLiaises with the anaesthetist and surgeon to determine fitness to proceed. \nFollowing assessment, seeks advice where necessary, to ensure the appropriate level of post-operative care can be determined.\nCommunicates any special requirements and essential resources to the MDT team.
\n\nWho we're looking for\n\nAdult Nursing Degree and registered with the NMC \nKnowledge of working within a pre-operative assessment.\nAdvance assessment skills in a POA or equivalent background.\nAble to work independently and prioritise patient caseload and POA workload.\nAbility to work autonomously and experience of supervision of staff.\nExperience of leadership\nWell-developed communication skills, written verbal and IT.\nParticipates and assists in the development of policy, guidelines and patient information for POA.\nExcellent interpersonal and communication skills\nAbility to build and maintain effective working relationships, both internally and externally\nStrong focus on delivering and meeting customer expectations\nTakes an active role in the supervision and teaching of staff and students, including assessment of EEs for junior staff.Benefits\n\nWe offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:\n\n35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays\nEmployer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options\nSpire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers\nFree Bupa wellness screening\nPrivate medical insurance\nLife assurance \nFree onsite parkingOur Values\n\nWe are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:\n\nDriving clinical excellence\nDoing the right thing\nCaring is our passion\nKeeping it simple\nDelivering on our promises\nSucceeding and celebrating together\nOur 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\n\nWe commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.\n\nSpire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.\n\nSpire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all.
Our people are our difference, it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart. \n\nFor further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Lauren Armitage on \n\nClosing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications