Job summary
Employer heading
Pre-Operative Assessment Staff Nurse.
Band 5
Job overview
As a registered, accountable and autonomous nurse to act in the best interests of your patients at all times and take personal responsibility for your actions and decisions. To be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, giving and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care. As an NMC registrant facilitate learning and development of others. You will demonstrate strong leadership qualities and be open, transparent and trustworthy. As a Trust employee act with integrity and uphold the values and beliefs of the Trust and the NMC Code of Conduct.
Main duties of the job
Patient care: You will be responsible for delivering a planned programme of pre operative care for elective surgical patients without direct supervision. After a period of organisational and departmental induction you will be expected to take charge of the unit and act as a link professional.
Information resources: You must document care given and in adherence to the NMC standards for record keeping ensure patient records are accurate.
Human Resources: As an NMC registrant you will continue to develop yourself, supervise junior staff and teach others including nursing assistants, pre and post registration students. You will actively seek feedback on your performance, contribute to your appraisals and provide constructive feedback to those you supervise and teach.
Financial and physical resources: You will observe a personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in the course of your work and ensure efficient use of resources. You will be able to assess the skill mix required for your shift and know how to raise concerns.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
essential and desirable
Essential criteria
- 1st level registered nurse with a Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Degree in Nursing or equivalent level of knowledge with current NMC registration
- Previous experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Minimum of 24 months post registration experience
- Experience of teaching/supervision of others
- Demonstrates competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area.
- Good IT skills
- Excellent communication skills, including written and spoken communication
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Pre-Operative Assessment Nursing
- Competency in venepuncture/willing to upskill.
- Experience in the following specialties: Intensive care, Coronary care/acute medicine, acute surgery.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- nikki lee
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07934329168
- Additional information
POAU Reception 01722 336 262 ext 4551.
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