Pre Operative Assessment Staff Nurse

The Preoperative Assessment Department at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) manages clinics for the elective surgical patient and from multiple specialities; covering planned admissions to the PRH in Haywards Heath, the Royal Sussex County in Brighton and the Sussex Orthopaedic Treatment Centre (which is GIRFT accredited) in the grounds of the PRH. You will be based in the PRH.

Are you Dynamic and thrive in a busy working environment?

Do you want to be part of a friendly and welcoming team?

We are looking for an experienced nurse to be responsible for providing clinical service to assess a patient's fitness prior to surgery, using problem solving and critical thinking to determine if a patient is safe to proceed with surgery or needs to be deferred. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams such as waiting list, GP's, Anaesthetists and theatres the nurses will assess a patient's current health and medical history, plan next steps prior to surgery and evaluate outcomes and investigations for optimisation before surgery.

We are a nurse-led department where the staff nurses role is to provide high-quality care through a comprehensive, individualised assessment of the elective surgical patient., To ensure a high standard of care provision by initiating and supporting the POA team in liaising with all disciplines such as the G.P, with regards to abnormal results and optimising.

Ensure that clinical practice accurately reflects unit and Trust policies.

People Management and Development

Actively encourage good practice and personal development.

Contribute to an active learning environment for all grades of staff and

students.

Patient Care Delivery

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the physical, social and psychological condition of the patient in the preparation for elective surgery by accurately exploring and documenting each patient's previous anaesthetic history and medical, surgical drug history and social history in accordance with the dept. guidelines.