The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
Staff Nurse - Surgical Pre-assessment
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Surgical Pre-assessment Nurse
About the Role
The main aspect of this role is to carry out pre-assessments for both The Arthur Levin Day Surgery Centre and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Responsibilities
- Work with all members of the multi-professional team, practicing and maintaining high standards of clinical care supported by evidence-based practice, participating in all activities of the department to enhance the patient's experience and ensuring safety for patients, visitors, and staff.
- Undertake history taking to assess suitability for elective procedures and identify risk factors which would contraindicate fitness for surgery.
- Support the triage of patients' notes to determine which pre-assessment clinic is best suited for their needs, reviewing optimizable health conditions and supporting prehabilitation pathways.
- Carry out and request appropriate clinical investigations based on agreed protocols to aid a thorough assessment of the patient prior to elective surgery, such as bloods, ECG, and MRSA swabbing.
- Support the development of pathways as we move towards the implementation of Electronic Patient Records.
- Support the development of virtual pre-assessment clinics as we progress the service.
- Participate in the prehabilitation and optimization of patients prior to surgery.
- Collaborate with the medical and anaesthetic staff to ensure that the patient is medically fit for surgery, to support the reduction of on-the-day cancellations.
- Participate in developing joint action plans, protocols, and pathways to ensure continuous quality improvement for the service.
- Through high-quality pre-assessment and organization, support the Division in meeting their targets relating to cancellation of operations and patient length of stay.
- Assist in the implementation of the Nursing Strategy, ensuring that evidence of integration of the strategy in working practice is available for audit.
- Promote a culture where change is embraced and there is a commitment to improving the pre-assessment service.
- Undertake any additional training to be able to carry out a clinical examination after a period of preceptorship.
- Using the KSF framework, progress personal and professional knowledge and skills.
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About Us
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
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At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics, and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs, and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organization that upholds our values of kindness, wellness, and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognized learning and apprenticeships.
We recognize and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approximately 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centers alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kelly Beattie
- Job title: Sister
- Email address: kelly.beattie@qehkl.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01553 613124
Location
Surgical Pre-assessment Clinic
The Sandringham Unit
Available for informal enquiries Monday - Thursday 08.00 - 17.00
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