Pre-Operative Assessment Department Lead

This is an exciting time within Pre-Operative Assessment to input into the pre-screening, risk assessment and optimisation workflows to support efficiency of the service to safely keep pace with the Trust's elective recovery programme.

We are looking for an experienced Pre-Operative Assessment Practitioner with strong leadership skills to provide managerial responsibility for high quality pre-operative assessment, clinical governance and staff leadership. The post holder will work alongside the current ward sister to ensure a cohesive, dynamic leadership team., The successful applicant will demonstrate knowledge and skill in management of people, quality improvement and change management. You will be an effective role model demonstrating high levels of clinical competence and expertise. You will provide proactive coordination of the units cross site and excellent communication with all members of the team.

The Pre-Operative Assessment Unit is a welcoming, diverse and exciting department with a passion to deliver world class care to all our patients.

We pre-assess around 2000 patients a month across two sites. It is a fast developing service supported by consultant anaesthetists. We provide adult pre-operative assessments for patients undergoing operations under general anaesthetic and regional block for a wide range of surgical specialties., With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.