Pre Operative Assessment Team Leader

2 months ago


Elland, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Spire Healthcare Part time

Spire Elland are looking for an experienced Pre Op Assessment Team Leader to join the pre assessment department on a part time of 30hrs per week, permanent basis. This role will suit a Pre Op Assessment Nurse who is looking for the next step in their career or a Nurse with the team leader experience.

Spire Elland Hospital has been providing high levels of medical treatment and personal care since 1985. Our hospital has a full multi-disciplinary medical team on-site who practice some of the most advanced treatments on the latest generation imaging and diagnostic technology. This means we can offer everything from screening and rehabilitation through to leading-edge surgical procedures and excellence in specialist fields like orthopaedics, general surgery, gynaecology, and cosmetic procedures.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Working autonomously, completes POA for a caseload of patients and backfilling protected clinic slots for short dated bookings, undertaking a targeted history with assessment of past medical, operative and anaesthetic history.
  • Lead on the clinical triage of all patient Health Questionnaires to ensure appropriate POA pathway identified for all patients.
  • Local hospital short dated bookings process to be followed to reduce pressure points and to ensure a smooth patient journey for urgent cases.
  • Completes testing as per NICE guidelines (NG45), interprets and manages the results, and where appropriate initiates relevant referrals to appropriate staff.
  • Completes venepuncture, electrocardiogram, lung function testing and requesting of x-ray as per policy.
  • Identifies patients with specific health issues and undertakes relevant risk scoring where indicated and manages the results.
  • Demonstrates appropriate review of previous anaesthetic documentation and is able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key factors that would require referral for anaesthetist assessment.
  • Follows up on outcomes of referrals to ensure fitness to proceed.
  • Provides information about any specific pre-operative instructions, intraoperative care and discharge.
  • Identifies cultural requirements, communication or other specialist health or social needs.
  • Liaises with the anaesthetist and surgeon to determine fitness to proceed.
  • Following assessment, seeks advice where necessary, to ensure the appropriate level of post-operative care can be determined.
  • Communicates any special requirements and essential resources to the MDT team.

Who were looking for

  • Adult Nursing Degree and registered with the NMC
  • Knowledge of working within a pre-operative assessment.
  • Advance assessment skills in a POA or equivalent background.
  • Able to work independently and prioritise patient caseload and POA workload.
  • Ability to work autonomously and experience of supervision of staff.
  • Experience of leadership
  • Well-developed communication skills, written verbal and IT.
  • Participates and assists in the development of policy, guidelines and patient information for POA.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, both internally and externally
  • Strong focus on delivering and meeting customer expectations
  • Takes an active role in the supervision and teaching of staff and students, including assessment of EEs for junior staff.

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

  • 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
  • Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
  • Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
  • Free Bupa wellness screening
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance
  • Free onsite parking

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

  • Driving clinical excellence
  • Doing the right thing
  • Caring is our passion
  • Keeping it simple
  • Delivering on our promises
  • Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; its their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

For us, its more than just treating patients; its about looking after people

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications



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