The new Early Health Screening Practitioner post, a Nursing Associate role, sits within the surgical and pre-operative assessment teams at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. It uses digital tools to find patients who need optimising before planned surgery, who could be triaged to a high-volume, low-complexity site, or who are at risk of deterioration, then contacts them to gather information and signpost services. Training covers pre-operative care, healthcare IT systems and brief intervention conversations, and the work follows national perioperative screening guidance. NMC registration as a Nursing Associate is required.
What the job involves
- Using digital tools to identify patients who need optimising before planned surgery
- Identifying patients suitable for triage to a high-volume, low-complexity site
- Identifying patients at risk of deterioration within emergency admission avoidance pathways
- Contacting patients to gather information, signpost them and encourage engagement with appropriate services
- Supporting the Trust to follow national guidance and developing learning for the Trust
- Delivering safe, compassionate, dignified, patient-centred care and being accountable for own practice
- Planning and prioritising own workload and implementing evidence-based care
- Coordinating and delivering direct care for a designated group of patients, including care planning and patient review
- Completing work-based training and the competencies the role requires
- Delegating appropriate duties to junior staff and supervising students and learners
- Promoting health, preventing ill health, monitoring care, working in multidisciplinary teams, improving safety and quality, and contributing to integrated care
What’s required
Qualifications
- GCSE or equivalent, plus Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English
- Level 5 Foundation degree in nursing associate practice
- Passed End Point Assessment, for apprentices
Registration & licences
- NMC registration as a Nursing Associate
Experience
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Managing and prioritising own caseload and workload under pressure, using initiative
- Clinical skills relevant to the scope of practice
- Delegation, supervision and supporting students and learners
Skills & knowledge
- Accountable practice, revalidation and the Nursing Associate scope of practice
- Health promotion, monitoring care, safety and quality, and integrated care
- Safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act and health and safety principles
- Good IT skills for electronic recording
- Following policy, procedure, guidelines and care plans
Other
- Spoken and written English, communicating persuasively and empathetically with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team on sensitive issues
- Willingness to work a range of shift patterns
- Trust values of kind, connected and bold, with a positive, flexible and dependable attitude
Nice to have
- Experience of clinical audit
- Willingness to undertake further education and training for the practice setting or speciality
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
