Paediatric Pre-op Assessment Specialist nurse

Employer: St George\’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: St Georges university hospitals

Town: London

Salary: £44,806 – £53,134 Incl pro rata per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 18/04/2025 23:59

Paediatric Pre-op Assessment Specialist Nurse

Band 6

*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers

Job Overview

Job Summary:

The post holder:

• Will work autonomously within the Paediatric Preoperative Assessment (PPOA) service in accordance with local policies, protocols, and guidelines.
• Will assess elective surgical paediatric patients’ fitness for anaesthesia and surgery. ASA 1 and 2 patients will be assessed independently, while more complex ASA 3 and 4 patients will be referred by the PPOA Nurse to the Paediatric Anaesthetists for review and possible discussion at the fortnightly high risk MDT meeting.
• Will initially focus on undertaking preoperative assessments, but as the service becomes more established will spend time on service development, audit, and education.

Main Duties of the Job

• To work in accordance with the NMC Code and maintain a record of training.
• Liaise with the POA admin team regarding which children and young people require an assessment.
• Undertake a period of supervised practice under the supervision of the Paediatric Anaesthetists and the Lead Nurse for Pre-Op Assessment. Once assessed as competent to independently assess children, undertake assessments on ASA 1 and 2 children and young people. Refer more complex children and young people (ASA 3 and 4) to the Paediatric Anaesthetists.
• Review the information provided by the young person, parent/carer, and if necessary phone them for further information.
• If necessary, chase or order and follow-up any outstanding information or results.
• Email the child/young person and parent/carer information about the anaesthetic, fasting, and pain management.
• Upload all documentation on iClip.
• Work within Trust policies, protocols, and guidelines at all times, specifically those relating to PPOA and the ordering of investigations.
• Facilitate discussions with the child/young person and parent/carer concerning their perioperative care.

Working for Our Organisation

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment. The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non-clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role. The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Organisational / Management

• Promote good communication – verbal and written – between the MDT, maintaining a good working relationship at all times.
• Support new staff within the department, assisting with their learning until they are competent to work independently.
• Work closely with the anaesthetic, nursing, and surgical teams to deliver an effective, high-quality pre-assessment service.
• Maintain and monitor a safe and clean environment in accordance with the Trust Health and Safety, Risk, and Infection Control policies.
• Be familiar with and competent to use iClip and other computerised systems/Apps integral to the running of the service.

Education / Research / Audit

• Actively support the development of junior members of the team, providing clinical supervision, advice, and training for colleagues in the skills and accuracy required for POA.
• Act as a resource to colleagues in relation to paediatric pre-operative assessment and preparation of the child/young person for surgery.
• Audit patient outcomes, seeking to identify aspects of care/assessment that could be improved and contribute to the development of policies/protocols and guidelines.
• Attend and present at Clinical Governance meetings.
• Be responsible for personal and professional development and practice, recognising own limitations and the need for continuing education.

General

• Act in accordance with the NMC Code and to be accountable for own clinical practice and professional actions at all times.
• Ensure continued and effective registration with the NMC.
• Have responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirements of the Health and Safety Policy.
• Ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity and in accordance with Data Protection Laws.
• Promote equal opportunities for staff and patients in accordance with St George’s Healthcare and University policies to ensure that no person receives less favourable treatment than another on grounds of sex, race, marital status, religion, colour, creed, nationality, ethnic or national origin or sexual orientation.
• Comply with the Trust’s No Smoking Policies.

Person Specification

Assessment

• NMC registration – Paeds
• Leadership Courses/Experience
• Specialist area experience: Peads surgical

Interview

• NMC registration – Paeds
• Leadership
• Surgical area experience

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
– The machine-readable zone
– An ultra violet image
– An infra red image

As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

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Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

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