Pre Op Assessment Nurse

Fulwood, England, United Kingdom

12/11/2024

Are you committed to delivering excellent patient care and have excellent communication skills? We need a practitioner who can work autonomously and uses their own initiative to get it right for patients - if this sounds like you then we would love to hear from you.

Due to the expansion of our surgical service here at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals we are seeking a qualified nurse who enjoys working in a dynamic and challenging environment and yet remains focused caring for patients on the surgical pathway.

As the service expands we will be looking to working 6 days a week and as a pre-op nurse you will be required to manage your own workload, refer patients to the anaesthetic clinics liaise with other services if needed. Experience in pre-operative assessment is desired but not essential as a full training package will be delivered.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals provides central pre-op services on two sites covering a range of expanding specialities. Our service enables patients to fully prepare for their forthcoming surgery and is an essential part in ensuring efficient patient flow across the hospital throughout the patient’s surgical journey.

This is an opportunity to use and develop your physical assessment skills preparing patients for major complex surgery. You will have the opportunity to work closely with the dedicated anaesthetic team and autonomously in nurse led pre-operative assessment clinic. You will be involved with enhanced recovery pathways for complex surgery.

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Hoyle Job title: Lead Nurse in Pre op assessment Email address: helen.hoyle@lthtr.nhs.uk

Gillian Dearnaley Clinical Educator

gillian.dearnaley@lthtr.nhs.uk