Clinical / Nurse Practitioner (PREP)NHS
Job summary
We are looking to recruit a Registered Nurse/Allied Health Professional with excellent communication and leadership skills, to join our Pre-Operative Assessment Team.
Our Pre-Operative Assessment practitioners play a vital role in delivering safe and effective care to patients who are waiting for a surgical intervention. The clinical practitioner team ensure patients are optimised and in the best health possible to undergo surgery.
We strive to provide the best care to our patients and are continuously developing our services.
You will join a multidisciplinary team who also practice patient-centred care and share the PREP teams passion for gold-standard practice.
The Service covers three main hospital sites which are Sunderland Royal Hospital, South Tyneside District Hospital and Durham Treatment Centre. You would be required to work across all three; however, you would predominantly be based at Sunderland and South Tyneside Hospitals.
Main duties of the job
Co-ordinates & manages practitioner-led clinics;
Assess health status of adult elective surgical patients with comprehensive history involving carers/relatives as appropriate;
Analysing clinical test results to guide/plan patient care;
Demonstrate autonomous, sound analytical and judgemental skills using range of sources to establish rationale for investigations & care plan;
Discuss plans for discharge, setting patient expectations for day-case surgery;
Discuss implications of surgery including risks/benefits, help patient make informed choice regarding consent, providing accurate/concise information;
Understand/share responsibility for developing specialist protocols/guidelines;
Review/evaluate results of investigation/care promptly, ensure patient optimisation pre-operatively, avoiding inappropriate admissions, cancellations on the day and delays in surgery;
Directly refer patients to other agencies ensuring appropriate assessment etc prior to admission in collaboration with multidisciplinary team;
Maintain up-to-date, accurate documentation in accordance with NMC Standard for Records and Record Keeping/HCPC Standards of conduct, performance and ethic;
Act in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct/HCPC Standards of conduct, performance and ethic, guide others to do same;
Contribute to improving patient care via inter-disciplinary decision making.
Personal and professional responsibility in prevention and control of infection, ensure compliance with best practice.
Job description
To co-ordinate the delivery and development of the specialist Service through the use of effective evidence-based practice in-line with agreed national standards for patient safety and monitoring.
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About us
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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.
We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.
The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.