East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Nurse Team Leader - Pre-operative Assessment
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Nurse Team Leader – Pre-operative Assessment Service
We are recruiting two Nurse Team Leaders into our Pre-operative Assessment service, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Role Description
The role of a Preoperative Assessment practitioner is that of an advocate who identifies the patients’ needs and risk factors that may affect their surgical experience.
We are dedicated to the reduction of cancelled operations on the day of surgery through ensuring that patients are comprehensively optimised prior to their surgical procedure.
We focus on improving the patient’s experience before, during and after their admission by meeting their individual needs.
The assessment, identification and subsequent management of risks related to surgery can also be directly related to the reduction of complication rates and mortality.
Working Hours
Our service operates Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 18:00, and on Saturdays at Lister Hospital from 08:00 to 13:00.
Please note that the required hours for this role are Monday to Friday, 08:00–18:00 at both Lister and QEII. On Saturdays, the hours are 08:00–13:00 at Lister. Cross-site working is expected.*
Core Values
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
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Job Requirements
This exciting opportunity will see you making a real difference in our patients' lives and the standard of quality healthcare delivered.
The successful candidate must be a conscientious individual, preferably with good POA experience but not essential as full training will be given.
You will join and be part of a progressive, innovative team that keeps the patient at the heart of everything we do.
After your POA training and induction, you will conduct Nurse-led clinics and autonomously manage your patient caseload. Therefore, you should have a flexible approach to working and a willingness to learn and develop continuously.
In addition, strong customer care skills and effective communication with all stakeholders are fundamental.
You will act as a role model and demonstrate a desire and willingness to contribute and actively be involved in further developing the POA service as well as the team, student nurses and ODPs who join us on clinical placements.
Benefits
In return, you will be working within a committed team of hardworking nurses with a high level of professionalism to holistically assess the individual care needs of patients to ensure they are managed safely and effectively throughout their surgical pathway.
About Us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
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We Run The Following Hospitals
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
Work Life Balance
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Clare Lummis
Job title: Nurse Team Manager
Email address: clare.lummis@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07554436742
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