Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9832
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pre-operative Care Co-ordinator Band 4
Band 4
Job overview
The Peri-Operative Care Coordinator is a crucial role in the peri-operative service, responsible for a wide range of clinical, organisational, and administrative duties. They will serve as the primary contact for patients, ensuring their well-being and safety throughout the surgical pathway. The coordinator works closely with the Clinical, Admissions and POAU teams to support the evolving peri-operative service, addressing any barriers and escalating issues that require clinical decision-making. Their day-to-day tasks involve liaising with patients incl. signposting to services, organising clinics, managing administrative responsibilities, and maintaining effective communication with various departments and external agencies. Patient care is paramount in this role, and the coordinator works independently, using their planning, prioritisation, and adjustment skills to provide a seamless and efficient service.
Please note: This vacancy can't be sponsored.
Main duties of the job
- Coordinators work under supervision of pre-operative assessment nurses.
- Demonstrate communication skills verbally and in written form in relation to the project delivery.
- Coordinate detailed referrals from health and social care professionals, communicate and answer queries from all disciplines.
- Timely surveillance of peri-op patients under optimisation prior to surgery, flagging to the clinical team when further action needs to be taken according to peri-op SOPs
- Ability to look up test results on the within both primary and secondary care EPR systems and flag to the clinical teams as per peri-op SOPs
- Ensure the patients receive good pre-operative information in terms of signposting, referrals into appropriate Peri-Operative services, timeframes and health promotion.
- Timely surveillance of peri-op patients under optimisation prior to surgery, flagging to the clinical team when further action needs to be taken according to peri-op SOPs
- Carry out timely and accurate data collection and information analysis and reporting in an agreed manner and facilitate testing.
- Triage patients using tools and guidelines to ensure the patients on the elective surgical waiting list are booked in a timely manner for a surgical procedure.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
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
Essential criteria
- Care Certificate
- Level 3 NVQ or equivalent in a Health Care related subject
- Recent experience of working in a primary or secondary healthcare setting.
- Ability to work as a member of a team and ability to work without supervision and use own initiative.
- To communicate effectively with patients both in face-to-face situations, and via the telephone, managing the barriers to communication.
- Good IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in service improvement projects relevant to clinical area and role.
- Excellent IT skills - Use of Microsoft applications such as – Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Desirable
Desirable criteria
- Coaching experience
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nikki Lee
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722 363 262
- Additional information
Ext 4551
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