Job Title: Registered Nurse - Preoperative Assessment Team
Location: Maidstone, Kent
Type: Fixed term contract
Shift Pattern: Part time, 24 hours per week
Salary: Competitive
Are you a Registered Nurse with a passion for preoperative assessment? Do you want to have the time to care for your patients?
Sanctuary Personnel have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated registered nurse to join our client's Preoperative Assessment team as a Staff Nurse, working between Monday and Friday, 08:00 am - 18:00 pm, for a period of 10 months.
You will be a key member of their multi-disciplinary Preoperative Assessment team and will be responsible for the holistic assessment of all patients undergoing surgery to ensure excellent patient care.
This role is ideally suited to an experienced registered nurse who is passionate about the preoperative assessment service and understands its value in elective surgery pathways.
Role Responsibilities
A preoperative assessment staff nurse will:
- Demonstrate good clinical practice at all times and be accountable for own actions, acting within the NMC code of practice.
- Perform ECGs and phlebotomy along with monitoring blood pressures, weight and height to assess patients, to determine they are fit for their procedure prior to admission.
- Ensure the anaesthetic pre-assessment processes, which may require the involvement of a consultant anaesthetist or RMO, are robust and well documented on the digital preoperative assessment system (Lifebox).
- Assist patients with the completion of their medical history on Lifebox where necessary.
- Champion infection prevention and control in your daily work.
Person Specification
Essential
- Be a qualified Nurse with current NMC PIN.
- Previous experience in being involved in or running pre-operative assessment clinics.
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its application.
Desirable
- Post Graduate course in the relevant speciality.
- Experience of using electronic pre-assessment systems.
Their organisation supports staff in building a career and encourages them to feel their worth and enjoy their time at work. Their One Team culture creates a working environment that offers you the time to care, whilst developing new skills and strengthening existing ones.
Employees enjoy the following benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- Free Staff Parking
- Pension Scheme
- Private Health Insurance
- 33 Days annual leave plus extra time off for your birthday
- Life Assurance
- Annual Flu Vaccination
- Free Eye Test
- Flexible working and annualised hours contracts available.
They are committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment. They strive to create a workforce that reflects the communities they serve and are proud to be an equal opportunities and disability confident employer.
Apply now through Sanctuary Personnel.
