Job summary
Are you a proactive and compassionate nurse who enjoys making a difference before a patient's surgical journey even begins? Join our dedicated Pre-Assessment Team and play a vital role in ensuring patients are fully prepared for safe and successful surgery.

As a Pre-Assessment Nurse, you will be responsible for conducting comprehensive pre-operative nursing and medical assessments for patients undergoing a wide range of surgical procedures. Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will identify and address any factors that may impact a patient's fitness for surgery, ensuring they are medically optimised and fully informed ahead of admission.

You will coordinate investigations, review patient histories, provide education and support, and help deliver a seamless patient experience from assessment through to surgery. This is a rewarding opportunity to use your clinical judgement, communication skills and attention to detail to improve patient outcomes and enhance surgical pathways.

If you are passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and enjoy working in a supportive, fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us and help ensure every patient begins their surgical journey with confidence and the highest standard of care.

Main duties of the job

• Conduct comprehensive pre-operative assessments for surgical patients
• Arrange, review & coordinate investigations & results prior to admission
• Liaise with anaesthetist & surgeons regarding medical concerns that may affect surgery
• Maintain accurate documentation & patients records
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe & effective care
• Support service improvement, staff development and learning within the department
• Act in accordance with the NMC Code & Trust policies & procedures

About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities
For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.We look forward to your application!Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse on Part 1 or 12 of the NMC Register
• Consultation and Assessment Skills Course or willingness to undertake the course.

Desirable

• Evidence of recent relevant study

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Demonstrable post-registration experience
• Experience of working within multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Pre-Assessment experience

Communication Skills
Essential

• Good standard of English demonstrated through effective verbal & written communication

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).