Bank Pre Operative Assessment Nurse

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Job Summary

Hourly pay rate: Competitive

Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HY

Contract: Bank

What are we looking for?

Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Pre-Operative Assessment Nurse to join our Bank Pre-Assessment Team.

The flexible nature of temporary work on the Bank at Cleveland Clinic London is an excellent choice for a huge variety of people and circumstances. Whether you are looking for something to fit around education or around family and other commitments, the opportunities are vast with the Staff Bank.

The Bank Pre-Operative Assessment Nurse will be responsible for the running of a high quality and effective pre-assessment service that provides the highest standards of care, safety and service to patients.

We have shifts available Monday–Friday from 08:00 to 16:00 or from 10:00 to 18:00.

What makes us different?

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, 'Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve', assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.

What will your duties include?

• Working autonomously, completes POA for a caseload of patients, undertaking a targeted history with assessment of past medical, operative and anaesthetic history.
• Provide specialist clinical advice and support to all Caregivers and encourage best practice.
• Act as a professional leader and role model in all aspects of work.
• Undertake and review weight/height/swabs, blood sugar, BMI measurements, ECG, blood results and urinalysis in line with individual patient needs and pathways. Where appropriate, initiates referrals to relevant teams.
• Identifies patients with specific health issues and undertakes relevant risk scoring where indicated and manages the results.

What we need from you?

• Bachelor's degree in nursing.
• Current nursing registration (First Level) through the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) required, with no restrictions to practice.
• Evidence of recent study in a relevant field.
• Experience working in the pre-operative setting.
• Experience in an acute private hospital/OP (Desirable)
• ILS provider course completed and qualification in required upon hire, or within 3 months of hire.

What can we offer you?

As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest profits back into our organisation. We offer benefits such as:

• Tailored Bank Caregiver induction and orientation to each area
• Auto-Enrolment of 5% pension - Cleveland Clinic contributes 10% through Salary Exchange
• Priority shifts over agency workers
• Weekly pay

Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.

With over 100 years of history, our "Patients First" philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email to the volume of applications we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

"Let's deliver World Class care together"

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.