Nursing Team Lead - Pre-assessment

Nursing Team Lead | Pre-assessment | Permanent | Spire Claremont | Competitive salary and excellent benefits

This role will suit a Preassessment Nurse who is looking for the next step in their career or a Registered Nurse with the team leader experience.

Spire Claremont Hospital has provided first-class independent healthcare at the heart of the South Yorkshire community since 1953. Our hospital is situated among beautifully landscaped grounds in Crosspool, Sheffield and it is situated 3 miles (about 20 minutes) to the south west of Sheffield city centre.

Claremont Hospital has 42 beds, three laminar flow theatres, 13 consulting rooms, a static MRI and CT scanner, and plain and digital X-ray. The hospital provides surgery and outpatients with diagnostic imaging services.

Duties and responsibilities

• Working autonomously, completes POA for a caseload of patients and backfilling protected clinic slots for short dated bookings, undertaking a targeted history with assessment of past medical, operative and anaesthetic history.
• Lead on the clinical triage of all patient Health Questionnaires to ensure appropriate POA pathway identified for all patients.
• Local hospital short dated bookings process to be followed to reduce pressure points and to ensure a smooth patient journey for urgent cases.
• Completes testing as per NICE guidelines (NG45), interprets and manages the results, and where appropriate initiates relevant referrals to appropriate staff.
• Completes venepuncture, electrocardiogram, lung function testing and requesting of x-ray as per policy.
• Identifies patients with specific health issues and undertakes relevant risk scoring where indicated and manages the results.
• Demonstrates appropriate review of previous anaesthetic documentation and is able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key factors that would require referral for anaesthetist assessment.
• Follows up on outcomes of referrals to ensure fitness to proceed.
• Provides information about any specific pre-operative instructions, intraoperative care and discharge.
• Identifies cultural requirements, communication or other specialist health or social needs.
• Liaises with the anaesthetist and surgeon to determine fitness to proceed.
• Following assessment, seeks advice where necessary, to ensure the appropriate level of post-operative care can be determined.
• Communicates any special requirements and essential resources to the MDT team.

Who we're looking for

• Adult Nursing Degree and registered with the NMC with no restrictions
• Knowledge of working within a pre-operative assessment.
• Advance assessment skills in a POA or equivalent background.
• Able to work independently and prioritise patient caseload and POA workload.
• Ability to work autonomously and experience of supervision of staff.
• Experience of leadership
• Well-developed communication skills, written verbal and IT.
• Participates and assists in the development of policy, guidelines and patient information for POA.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, both internally and externally
• Strong focus on delivering and meeting customer expectations
• Takes an active role in the supervision and teaching of staff and students, including assessment of EEs for junior staff.

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Free onsite parking

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together
• Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people

We commit to our employees we