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Job overview

The Pre-Operative Assessment Service is nurse led and duties include assessing patients, ensuring the smooth running of clinics, reviewing & actioning investigation results and liaising with other members of the multi-disciplinary team in planning for admission and discharge. You will support the Senior Sister in the training and developing of staff.  You will be expected to uphold and ensure that high standards of care and professionalism are maintained and delivered with care and compassion.

Main duties of the job

The job holder will take responsibility for patients within the unit ensuring that they are appropriately triaged, assessed and where appropriate have effective management plans in place. You will ensure the care they receive is safe, compassionate and of the best quality. This will include referring to other colleagues and clinicians for support and advice as necessary to promote safe outcomes for patients

The job holder will also play a key role in the management and leadership of the unit deputising for the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in his/her absence. This will include assisting with teaching, mentoring, and assessing students, trainees and professional staff, promoting a learning culture.

The job holder will be responsible for leading the nursing team in assessing, planning and co-ordinating individualised care, for patients requiring elective surgical procedures, to minimise on the day theatre cancellations and contribute to meeting treatment and access targets.

The job holder will be responsible for working with the Senior Sister and other members of the CSU in the development of the service and along with the departmental Senior Sister, ensures the implementation and adherence of Trust, National and professional policies, whilst ensuring all team members develop both professionally and practically.

Working for our organisation

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.