Pre-Assessment Nursing Team Lead CV-Library Pre-Assessment Nursing Team Lead

Scienceabode; Hatching Green; On-site; GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent private hospital in Hatching Green is seeking a Pre-Assessment Nursing Team Lead to join their dedicated team. This role involves managing the pre-assessment process for patients, including clinical triage, assessments, and collaboration with surgical staff. The ideal candidate will possess an Adult Nursing Degree, experience in leadership, and advanced assessment skills. The role offers a salary of £41,387 along with excellent benefits including generous annual leave and private medical insurance.

Benefits

35 days annual leave

Employer and employee contributory pension

Free Bupa wellness screening

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the NMC.
• Experience in a pre-operative assessment setting is preferred.
• Strong communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the pre-assessment team and manage patient cases.
• Perform clinical triage and assess patient health questionnaires.
• Coordinate with anaesthetists and surgeons for patient care.

Skills

Leadership experience

Advanced assessment skills

Well-developed communication skills

Ability to work autonomously

Knowledge of pre-operative assessment

Education

Adult Nursing Degree

Job description

Pre-Assessment Nursing Team Lead | Registered Nurse | Full Time | Permanent | £41,387 plus excellent benefits | Harpenden

Spire Harpenden are looking for an experienced Preoperative Assessment (POA) Team Leader to help lead our experienced pre‑assessment team. This role will suit a POA Nurse who is looking for the next step in their career or a Nurse with current team‑leader experience.

At Spire Harpenden, we pride ourselves on our comprehensive private hospital services and high standards of care for our patients in Hertfordshire. We’re dedicated to providing quality treatment and aftercare, investing in our facilities and introducing new services so you can enjoy up‑to‑date treatment and care in a clean, comfortable environment.

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 requests 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, intra‑operative 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.
• To provide cover for the weekly theatre meeting when required.
• To provide liaison between POA team and senior colleagues in the event of staffing/department specific issues in the absence of the POA Manager.

Who we’re looking for

• Adult Nursing Degree and registered with the NMC.
• Experience of leadership.
• Knowledge of working within a pre‑operative assessment.
• Advanced 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.
• 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

• 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, and that our people are our difference. It’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart. For us, it’s more than just treating patients – it’s about looking after people.

We commit to our employees’ well‑being through work‑life balance, ongoing development, support and reward.

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: 9th January. 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.

£41,387/annum, Excellent benefits

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