We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Pre-Assessment Nurse to join our team at Thorpe Park Head Office. The role will consist of supporting the Endoscopy service team to ensure a safe and efficient patient journey through the endoscopy pathway. This role includes triage and clinical pre-assessment to determine patient suitability for community-based procedures.
Responsibility
* Deliver safe, effective, and patient-centred care in the pre-assessment environment.
* Serve as the first clinical contact, ensuring appropriate management of key health conditions (e.g., anticoagulation, diabetes, comorbidities) in line with community-based service protocols.
* Conduct comprehensive patient histories and identify previously unreported health issues.
* Work independently and demonstrate clinical autonomy in decision-making.
* Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare professionals both verbally and in writing.
* Ensure adherence to JAG (Joint Advisory Group) standards and stay updated with British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines.
* Triage referrals according to contract criteria and clinical exclusion guidelines.
* Contribute to continuous quality improvement and lead change initiatives where required.
* Support the development and maintenance of evidence-based nursing care pathways.
* Supervise, mentor, and support healthcare assistants, including coordination of training and mandatory education.
* Maintain accurate and detailed clinical records in compliance with professional standards.
* Review and update patient health promotion materials and contribute to Clinical Governance discussions.
* Foster collaboration with primary and secondary care providers, ensuring alignment with NICE and NHSE guidelines.
About us:
LivingCare Group is a set of companies that operate across various health services and portfolios. We have extensive experience of developing and delivering NHS care, and have a growing portfolio of private provision. We work across GP practices and within our own centres in Yorkshire.
Our services are developed in response to local demands across the health economy and in line with the NHS governance and contractual requirements.
Why Choose us?
Our continuing success as a business is down to the talent, hard work and dedication of our staff. Along with great job satisfaction, you can look forward to a competitive salary, opportunities to grow, a pension scheme and great employee benefits.
We fully believe in investing in our staff to help them reach their career goals and full potential. We offer all staff the chance to further their education with free training courses in any field that will both benefit themselves and the company.
Here at LivingCare we are an equal opportunities employer with a strong commitment to the health and wellbeing of all our colleagues.
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer (Level 1).
Find out more about Disability Confident at: www.gov.uk/disability-confident #DisabilityConfident
What we offer our employees:
* Free onsite parking.
* Free tea and coffee
* Quality working environment
* Work life balance is a priority here at LivingCare, with services running at sociable times. 08:00-18:00 Monday to Saturday.
* Blue Light Card NHS discount at a range of shops and restaurants
* Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
* Annual pay review
* Culture matrix programme: we organise special events every month to support our teams
* Celebrating success: this programme gives rewards to our team member who have gone above and beyond
* Supermarket vouchers: we give these out every month as part of our supermarket sweep competition
LivingCare Behaviours and Values:
Living Care has a set of core values which we expect all staff to demonstrate. Building on these we have developed a set of expectations that we expect all team members to demonstrate.
* Managing yourself and others:
* Take care of your own wellbeing and that of your staff
* Manage yourself and your emotions
* Share your knowledge and experience
* Use appropriate language when communicating to others to ensure they understand
* Be positive – focus on what you can do and why something will/could work
* Actively seek feedback and act on it (where appropriate)
* Know when to step in and do it yourself and when to leave others to have a go
* Be self aware: know your strengths and development needs and look for ways to develop
If you’re interested in this role, please submit the form below.
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