POAU Staff Nurse in Salisbury

You will be responsible for delivering a planned programme of pre-operative care for elective surgical patients without direct supervision. After a period of organisational and departmental induction, you will be acting as a link professional with the ability to take charge as necessary.

Main duties of the job:

• Undertake and document a comprehensive medical history and accurate nursing assessment of the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of your patients.
• Formulate and document a plan of pre-operative nursing care, where possible in partnership with your patients, their carers, and family and friends within a framework of informed consent.
• Ensure pre-operative elective surgical care is planned and delivered in accordance with national and local evidence-based guidelines.
• Provide patients with appropriate pre-operative advice and support, initiating referrals as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Organise relevant pre-operative investigations as per hospital protocol and NICE guidelines.
• Exercise clinical judgement and decision making in terms of the patients' risk and suitability for surgery.
• Liaise and/or refer to primary or secondary care providers to ensure pre-operative health is optimised.
• Promote health education and lifestyle changes to patients, as indicated.
• Participate in the informed consent process by ensuring patients are aware of the risks and benefits of the procedure.
• Evaluate and document the outcomes of nursing and other interventions, such as investigations according to guidelines and feedback as required.

About us:

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we are driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated 'Good' by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.

Person Specification:

• First level registered nurse with diploma, advanced diploma or nursing degree.
• 24 months experience in an acute medical or acute surgical setting with the ability to recognise patient deterioration and how to manage patients with complex needs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbally.
• Demonstrate the ability to critically think and critically analyse to provide positive safe solutions.
• Experience in Pre-Operative Assessment.
• Competency in venepuncture or willing to gain competence.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata if part time.