Band 5 Staff Nurse- Pre-Assessment

Due to the continued development and expansion of the Pre-Operative Assessment Unit an exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic experienced Band 5 Staff Nurse to become part of a well-established and progressive team.

A challenging and busy environment the Pre-Operative Assessment Service works within UHB as a specialist team, assessing a wide group of patients prior to surgery. You will be expected to uphold and ensure that high standards of care and professionalism are maintained and delivered.

This is an autonomous role where the post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs of patients and planning programmes of care, implementation, and the evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision.

which will see you take ownership and responsibility for your patients and clinic caseload. You will action investigation results to ensure your patients are fit for surgery. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs of patients and planning programmes of care, implementation, and the evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision.

We understand the challenge and worry when considering changing and we recognise that you will need support from all areas. You can be assured this will be there for you. Led by senior Sisters and a Lead Nurse you will be fully inducted into the unit, along with 4 weeks clinical supervision and encouraged to complete your Pre-Operative association foundation course.

Main duties of the job

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

You will be appointed a mentor to support you in your new role and further training will be provided for clinical examination (heart and lung assessment). This is an exciting role for an experienced Registered Nurse to work closely with patients to help plan their surgical journey working closely with senior colleagues to ensure that patients are safe to undergo surgery and anaesthesia.

In order for you to gain a further insight into the department, our patients, and our amazing colleagues, we would welcome the chance to discuss these opportunities with you. This can be booked by calling .

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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