Nurse Practitioner for Proactive care for Older Persons in Surgery

This is an exciting new role for the organisation, recognising the valuable and unique contribution that the nurse practitioner can provide perioperatively and throughout the patients journey to enhance their experience and outcomes. The post holder will have the opportunity to help establish and shape the POP's service alongside O/T and medical teams.

During the 12 month secondment ( or FTC ) the post holder will be perioperatively assessing and treating older patients undergoing surgery at the Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH

To work in partnership with the team to continually review, develop and refine pathways of care; facilitating the delivery of a robust, innovative and expert service., To be responsible for the provision and strategic development of the Proactive Care of Older People Undergoing Surgery Team.

To work with the POP's team to deliver expert practice and highly specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of older peoples undergoing surgery.

Specialist Frailty Assessments

Preoperative Clinics and optimisation programmes of care

Post operative ward rounds and support to optimise recovery.

To lead and develop the nurse practitioner aspect of the service to meet National standards and guidelines and contribute within the multi-disciplinary team in the Proactive Care of Older People Undergoing Surgery Team.

To be responsible for planning, initiating and leading specialist audits and service evaluations, making recommendations to influence service development and clinical planning.

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available for a small administration fee.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.