Pre Op Assessment Team Lead Registered Nurse Full Time Fixed Term Contract - Maternity Leave Cover 12 months Sutton South West London - SM3 9DW

Spire St Anthony's Hospital are looking for an experienced Pre Op Assessment Team Leader to join the pre assessment department on a full time basis of 37.5hrs per week.
This role will suit a Pre Op Assessment Nurse who is looking for the next step in their career or a Nurse with the team leader experience.

Founded in 1904, Spire St Anthony's Hospital delivers care through skilled and dedicated staff working together. With a completed £27m development investment, we provide very high quality healthcare to patients around Sutton, Epsom, Surrey and South London.

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 where clinically appropriate.
• 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.
• Actively manages the MDT process, tracking patients and communicates any special requirements and essential resources to the wider teams.

Who we're looking for

• Adult Nursing Degree and registered with the NMC
• Has undertaken a nationally recognised pre-assessment course.
• Significant working in a pre-operative assessment team and experience in a pre-op team leader role.
• 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 employed colleagues 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

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.

We commit to our employee's well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

"Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services."

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

Closing date: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.