Surgical pre-op assessment Sister/Charge Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Act as a clinical role model, providing leadership and guidance to staff on operational and professional issues, ensuring clinical expertise and practice is enhanced.

• To safely and competently assess patients requiring surgery and taking a lead on complex patient's assessments.

• To act as clinical co-ordinator for the pre assessment department ensuring that services run smoothly and effectively. Ensuring patients are triaged, assessed and have a clear management plan in place alongside maintaining patient safety.

• Interpret ECG recordings and take appropriate action, escalating as required.

• To perform relevant cardiovascular/respiratory assessment of patients.

• Authorise and review relevant tests and results to include bloods and ECHO and overnight oximetry.

• To recognise changes in a patients condition which requires the intervention of others and refer the patients on as appropriate.

• Work alongside Senior Anaesthetists both in clinic and virtually to ensure patients are assessed and investigations completed/reviewed as required.

• Ensuring optimisation treatments and prophylactic treatments are provided to patients, completing and maintaining PGDs to support.

• Lead on optimisation of patients prior to surgery, signposting to services available and liaising with primary care and hospital specialities to ensure patients are safely assessed and fit for surgery.

• To ensure high standards of nursing care are given and maintained, taking actions as required when standards are not being upheld.

• Be proactive in the development of the clinical area, supporting and planning process and service development, contribute new ideas to improve patient care.

• Act as a mentor/preceptor to students and new staff members and actively participate in training and teaching.

• Support the Clinical Operations Manager and Matron in leading the team to meet local divisional and Trust objectives, including treatment and recovery targets and minimising cancellations.

• Contribute to the audit process and utilise results in practice.

• Develop and motivate the team.

• Co-ordinate the service delivered at CHFT in line with regional and national guidelines.

• To take an active role in risk assessment, supporting the implementation of strategies to minimise risk. Ensure incidents and near misses are reported, through promotion of a no blame culture.

• Competently managing a team of staff including support with appraisals, mandatory training and sickness management

• To manage complaints and escalate where necessary.

• To establish and maintain effective communication, both verbal and written and build relationships within the multidisciplinary teams.

• To recognise and prevent where possible areas of conflict and escalate if necessary.

• Supervise and deploy staff appropriately considering knowledge and skill mix.

• Take an active role in the recruitment process.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential

• First level registration/ registered ODP

Desirable

• Degree in Healthcare / Management
• Management certificate
• Mentorship qualification
• Nurse Prescribing qualification
• Recruitment and selection
• Specialist qualification in pre-operative assessment including interpretation of ECG and blood
• Evidence of recent continuous professional development

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential

• Knowledge of a wide range of surgical specialties
• Up to date professional knowledge of local and national pre-assessment strategies and guidelines.
• Interpretation of ECG/Blood results
• Extensive experience in surgical specialty in secondary care.
• Significant experience as a band 5 within in a surgical pre-assessment department

Desirable

• Experience in acute medicine
• Knowledge of Electronic patient record
• Computer literate
• Knowledge of future provision of services
• Conducting appraisals

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential

• Evidence of self-development/clinical knowledge
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of evidence-based practice.
• Proven ability to lead a team
• Ability to foster multi-disciplinary working
• Works within budgetary parameters

Desirable

• Experience of change management,
• CHFT Leadership Passport

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

Acre street

Huddersfield

HD3 3EA

Employer's website

https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)