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Pre-Admission & Procedures Manager
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-CR-827
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Charing Cross
Town
London
Salary
£54,320 - £60,981 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/02/2025 23:59

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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Pre-Admission & Procedures Manager

Band 7

 Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.  

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.  

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

 

 

Job overview

Are you an experienced and dynamic healthcare professional looking for an opportunity to lead and innovate in pre-admission services? Imperial Private Healthcare is seeking a highly motivated Pre-Admission Manager to oversee and enhance our pre-admission pathways across our three sites: Charing Cross, Hammersmith, and St Mary’s Hospitals.

In this role, you will play a vital part in optimizing patient flow, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing patient safety. You will lead a team, collaborate with multidisciplinary stakeholders, and drive best practices in pre-admission assessments, ensuring a seamless and patient-centred approach to care.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive leader with a strong background in pre-admission processes, service improvement, and team management. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about delivering excellence, we would love to hear from you. Join us at Imperial Private Healthcare and be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional growth.

Apply now and take the next step in your leadership journey!

Main duties of the job

 

Efficiency of the Pre-Operative Assessment (POA) pathway (e.g. minimisation of on the day cancellation in theatre)

·         Excellent nursing care and health promotion

·         Liaison with secondary and primary care

·         Well-led and supported team

·         Effective controls in the maintenance of budget

·         Implementation of nursing strategy and supporting the Trust/Division Objectives(implementation of new safety flows)

·         Enhance patients experience by ensuring follow up calls are made for all elective surgical discharges within the pathway time frame agreement

·         Seeks continuous stakeholder input in order to identify growth opportunities and developments

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. .

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. 
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered nurse or operating department practitioner.
  • Current NMC/HP Registration and PIN
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
  • Pre-Operative Assessment Course
  • (Minimum Foundation level) Evidence of continued professional development within specialty.
  • IT literate
Desirable criteria
  • Management course
  • Working towards higher degree (e.g. Masters or PhD).
  • Pre Operative Assessment Course Advanced Level
  • Day Surgery Course

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of 2 years at Band 6 in Pre Operative Assessment. (POA)
  • Experience of autonomous working in POA.
  • Experience of processes involved in managing a team.
  • Experience in leading appraisal process
  • Knowledge of quality improvement, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of managing change
  • Having worked in a Day Surgery Unit/OPD

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andreea Gabriela Badarau
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02033117706
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