Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Pre-op Clinical Nurse Practitioner

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Job summary

We are looking to recruit a dynamic nurse or ODP with excellent clinical skills, to deliver a high-quality service to patients attending the pre-operative assessment unit. We are looking for a nurse or ODP who has vision and passion to work within our team to provide the best possible care for our patients. The successful applicant will be a motivated and enthusiastic individual with significant post-registration clinical experience within the area of pre-operative assessment or equivalent general adult surgical experience. Applicants will need to have a clear understanding of nursing quality and be able to assure excellence in clinical care. Applicants must have the relevant experience and knowledge of care delivery appropriate to this patient group, be creative, enthusiastic, motivated and have excellent communication skills. The post holder will be expected to act as a role model and contribute to the development and training needs of staff within the unit, therefore a teaching, assessing and mentorship in clinical practice certificate or equivalent is essential. The ability to work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team is essential, together with excellent communication skills.

Main duties of the job

Assess patients' suitability and fitness for surgery utilise your Clinical examination skills course and using agreed protocols to take a targeted history of the patient

Conduct assessment of both the medical and psychological status of elective surgical patients, including carrying out physical assessment of the patient as required. To order and perform diagnostic tests within set protocols and working to agreed actions where abnormalities are discovered to ensure all test results are available for day of surgery to recognise the significance of any observation made and use them to highlight situations which may be detrimental to the health and well-being of the patient.

Refer patients who fall outside the agreed criteria to an anaesthetist, who may then make further referrals. Refer patient back to primary care or another healthcare professional to optimise the patients' medical condition, according to local guidelines. To provide information about the pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative process, ensuring the patient understands the proposed procedure and any specific preoperative instructions to identify any special requirements needed to facilitate prompt discharge to communicate effectively and liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team and primary care team as appropriate.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Details

Date posted

16 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

409-6641718-A

Job locations

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To be able to provide care and emotional support to patients and their relatives who are plannedadmissions for surgical procedures.

To manage a template of patient caseload in the holistic pre-operative assessment setting, and to

To recognise and organise individual patient care needs, and to be able to manage own workload andprioritise care.

To ensure the admission process of the patients, including clinical examination, obtaining results ofinvestigations and any action required is comprehensive, concise and valid and the plannedadmission for surgery is within set protocols.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be able to provide care and emotional support to patients and their relatives who are plannedadmissions for surgical procedures.

To manage a template of patient caseload in the holistic pre-operative assessment setting, and to

To recognise and organise individual patient care needs, and to be able to manage own workload andprioritise care.

To ensure the admission process of the patients, including clinical examination, obtaining results ofinvestigations and any action required is comprehensive, concise and valid and the plannedadmission for surgery is within set protocols.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current NMC part 1 registration (Adult) / degree or diploma in operating department practice
  • Evidence of professional development

Desirable

  • Clinical examination skills (degree or diploma level) highly desirable
  • Competence in venepuncture and ECG recording and interpretation

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience in an acute surgical setting (Theatre/Anaesthetics/Wards).
  • Teaching or Mentorship experience
  • Require excellent verbal, non verbal and written communication
  • Able to work without supervision
  • Flexible to the needs of the service

Desirable

  • Experience of handling a caseload of patients
  • Good IT skills
  • Previous pre-op experience
  • Experience of taking a clinical history from patients
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current NMC part 1 registration (Adult) / degree or diploma in operating department practice
  • Evidence of professional development

Desirable

  • Clinical examination skills (degree or diploma level) highly desirable
  • Competence in venepuncture and ECG recording and interpretation

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience in an acute surgical setting (Theatre/Anaesthetics/Wards).
  • Teaching or Mentorship experience
  • Require excellent verbal, non verbal and written communication
  • Able to work without supervision
  • Flexible to the needs of the service

Desirable

  • Experience of handling a caseload of patients
  • Good IT skills
  • Previous pre-op experience
  • Experience of taking a clinical history from patients

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).

Additional information

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

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Preoperative Nurse Practitioner

Phil Lawrenson

phil.lawrenson@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk

01695656475

Details

Date posted

16 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

409-6641718-A

Job locations

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ


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