Bank Pre-Assessment Nurse | POA | Bank | Southend
Spire Wellesley in Southend are recruiting for an experienced Staff Nurse to join their bank team in the Pre-Assessment Department. We provide excellent training opportunities to enable you to develop your skills and progress in your career. If you are interested in gaining experience in Pre-Assessment we would love to hear from you
The Wellesley has 3 Theatres (2 laminar flow) and an endoscopy unit, a 33 bedded Surgical Ward covering a wide variety of specialties including Orthopaedics, Bariatrics, General Surgery, Vascular, Plastics, Gynae, Ophthalmology, Spinal, Urology and ENT. We have had a recent Theatre refurbishment to further upgrade our theatre environment and bringing cutting edge technology to our hospital.
Duties and responsibilities
This is a key patient safety role within Spire - The post holder will work as part of the Pre-operative assessment (POA) service ensuring safe and effective pre-operative care. Reporting to the POA lead Nurse, the post holder is responsible for ensuring the safe assessment of patients over the telephone. To work autonomously but also a team player. Be able to recognise complex health issues and medications that may lead to complications of surgery. Escalating concerns to anaesthetist and surgeons.
Who we're looking for
1. Current NMC registration with no restrictions
2. Experience of working with minimum supervision
3. Good team player
4. Surgical Experience is ideal but not essential
5. Excellent communication as assessments are completed on the telephone
Benefits
6. Bank colleagues are paid weekly
7. We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
8. Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
9. Access to Spire Healthcare pension
10. Access to Blue Light Card discounts
11. Free uniform
12. Free DBS
13. Full induction, including mandatory training updates
14. Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
15. Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team