Preoperative Assessment Practitioner | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Salford

Our Friendly Pre-Assessment unit is looking for registered Nurses/ODPs to support the peri-operative (Pre-op) assessment of patients prior to their date of surgery. We are currently involved in an exciting project to improve our Pre-operative assessment process, including gaining additional skills and knowledge regarding assessment of blood results and ECG interpretation.

The Pre-op team covers Salford Royal Hospital, providing support and advice for all complex and non-complex surgery. We aim to ensure a quality-focused and safe assessment service for all patients. You would be providing nurse-led complex and non-complex peri-operative risk assessment, undertaking a variety of skills and ongoing competencies to assist in the smooth running and delivery of the service.

The post holder will be responsible for implementing, coordinating, and delivering effective, high-quality care for the pre-operative patient, following a client-centred model of practice and ensuring the area of work runs smoothly and efficiently. You will make appropriate verbal and written assessments to gain information relating to a patient's surgery and act on such assessments in preparing and supporting the patient's pathway, referring to outside specialist help if required.

As part of the wider hospital team, you'll interact with practitioners from other areas because you understand that continuity in patient care is key. The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us, you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as a Registered Nurse in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months. Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role. The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely.

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post, you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.