As a Pre-Assessment Nurse you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the Pre-assessment Services within the Surgical Division. P rovid ing clinical and managerial leadership for nursing and support staff across the unit ensuring equity of service. You will be working collaboratively with the Band 6 nursing team and C linical Operations M anager to ensure patients receive safe and effective care .
This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact within a trust that has received national recognition for its innovation and service improvement within operating services and Surgery and Anaesthetics division .
Ensuring patients are triaged, assessed and have a clear management plan in place alongside maintaining patient safety .
Responsible for supporting t he nursing team on a day-to-day basis e nsuring care is delivered to a high standard, individualised and with compassion.
Act as a clinical role model, ensuring clinical expertise and practice is enhanced. Delegating work to match capabilities and workload of team members and supervision/knowledge sharing with junior staff as required .
To safely and competently assess patients requiring surgery and taking a lead on complex patient's assessments.
Working closely with Senior Anaestheti c colleagues to ensure patients are review ed following Pre-Assessment using clinical knowledge.
Support optimisation of patients prior to surgery, signposting to services available and liaising with primary care and hospital specialities to ensure patients are safely assessed and fit for surgery.
Working with the Band 6 nursing team towards local, divisional and Trust o bjectives, treatment and recovery targets and minimising on day cancellations .
Ensuring optimisation treatments and prophylactic treatments are provided to patients, completing and maintaining PGD's to support.
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Act as a clinical role model, providing leadership and guidance to staff on operational and professional issues, ensuring clinical expertise and practice is enhanced.
To safely and competently assess patients requiring surgery
To support the clinical co-ordinator for the pre assessment department ensuring that services run smoothly and effectively. Ensuring patients are triaged, assessed and have a clear management plan in place alongside maintaining patient safety.
To perform relevant cardiovascular/respiratory assessment of patients.
To recognise changes in a patient's condition which requires the intervention of others and refer the patients on as appropriate .
Work alongside Senior Anaesthetists both in clinic and virtually to ensure patients are assessed and investigations completed/reviewed as required .
Ensuring optimisation treatments and prophylactic treatments are provided to patients, completing and maintaining PGD's to support .
Support the optimisation of patients prior to surgery, signposting to services available and liaising with primary care and hospital specialities to ensure patients are safely assessed and fit for surgery.
To ensure high standards of nursing care are given and maintained, taking actions as required when standards are not being upheld.
Be proactive in the development of the clinical area, supporting and planning process and service development, contribute new ideas to improve patient care.
Act as a mentor/preceptor to students and new staff members and actively participate in training and teaching.
Support the Band 6 nursing team and Clinical Operations Manager in leading the team to meet local divisional and Trust o bjectives, including treatment and recovery targets and minimising cancellations.
Contribute to the audit process and utilise results in practice.
Develop and motivate the team.
Co-ordinate the service delivered at CHFT in line with regional and national guidelines.
To take an active role in risk assessment, supporting the implementation of strategies to minimi s e risk. Ensure incidents and near misses are reported, through promotion of a no blame culture.
To establish and maintain effective communication, both verbal and written and build relationships within the multidisciplinary teams.
To recogni s e and prevent where possible areas of conflict and escalate if necessary.
Supervise and deploy staff appropriately considering knowledge and skill mix.