Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (Contract to run to 29/03/2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 28.5 hours per week (Worked Monday to Friday 8-18 - 3 days per week)
- Job ref
- 331-K16650525
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Westmorland General Hospital
- Town
- Kendal
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nurse - Pre Op Assessment
NHS AfC: Band 6
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to come and join us in our WGH service, as part of the Pre-Operative Assessment team. We are looking for someone with previous experience of POA due to this being a fix term temporary role covering a secondment.
You will become part of a very proactive POA team who work hard to ensure the Trusts theatre capacity is fully utilised whilst also ensuring patients have a safe and positive experience of elective surgery.
You will need to be organised, have excellent time management, able to multi-task, have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You should be passionate about elective surgery and understand the risks of anaesthetic and surgery and also have a good understanding of co-morbidities before and during surgery.
Main duties of the job
Undertaking pre-operative holistic assessments including management of complex co-morbidities, health promotion, optimisation, physical examination and be able to work to a high level of autonomy.
You will be working collaboratively and cooperatively with surgical clinicians, anaesthetists, the waiting list officers, GP's, Clinical investigations, Cardiologists, Respiratory physicians, Endocrinologist plus other clinical specialists.
Your role will be to make sure that the patients you see are fit, ready and available for the elective surgery they are planned at a site that is safe for them and in a time scale that works for the Trust and the patients.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Application form
Essential criteria
- Education to Degree level or working towards this
- Monitoring /Assessing qualification or Teaching qualification / Profession Trainers Certificate
- Demonstrate good IT skills including usage of Word and Excel
- Recent clinical experience in POA or similar environment
- Able to assume a lead clinical role as approrpriate
- Ability to demonstrate a high degree of autonomy
- Able to undertake physical assessment skills
- Venepuncture skills
- Record and have a basic understanding of ECG
- Demonstrate people management skills
- Initiate and manage change
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
- Ability to deal with difficult and sensitive situation with tact and diplomacy
Desirable criteria
- Nurse Practitioner Qualification
- Recent leadership development
- Previous experience of health promotion
- Understanding of the role of Research and Development
- An understanding of the Referral to Treatment pathway
- Experience of Audit and Research.
- Previous experience of leadership role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Swindlehurst
- Job title
- POA Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01524 512116
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