Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a flexible, motivated and committed individual with a passion for excellent patient care to play a key role in supporting the Trusts elective recovery and improved patient experience whilst waiting for planned surgery. The post holder will work as a skilled member of the pre-assessment multi-disciplinary team to identify and support patients who require optimisation prior to elective surgery. The post holder will support the pre-assessment team in managing a case-load of patients and will involve close liaison with various specialty stakeholders, including primary care.
Main duties of the job
To support the pre-assessment service and wider surgical division in achieving it's vision to provide a responsive, effective and accountable service that puts patient care at the heart. The main duties of the job include supporting patients who require optimisation whilst awaiting planned surgery.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
training
Essential criteria
1. achieved qualification
2. previous clinical experience
3. Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills
Desirable criteria
4. computer and systems skills
Communication
Essential criteria
5. Good communication skills to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner
Desirable criteria
6. Customer Service experience i.e., dealing with complaints
Experience
Essential criteria
7. Awareness of local and national agenda within the speciality
Desirable criteria
8. Insight to Pre-Operative Assessment