Job summary
Employer heading
Pre-operative Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Seeking to reduce the number of anaesthetic referrals by optimising the use of staff skills and capacity in the Preoperative assessment unit.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description attached and person specification, for the main duties of the role.
Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description attached and person specification, for the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic Clinical skills
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Examination
IT skills
Essential criteria
- Basic Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Extensive knowledge
see below
Essential criteria
- NMC qualification
- Management qualification ILM level 3 or equivalent experience
- Diagnostic Examination
Desirable criteria
- BSC/1st Degree (Health related)
- Holds relevant certificate or diploma in Leadership
- Non-Medical Prescribing
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous pre-operative experience
Desirable criteria
- Extensive pre-operative experience
Clinical
Essential criteria
- Flexible approach to working alone
Desirable criteria
- Extensive experience with complex patients
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachael Baxter
- Job title
- Matron, Digestive Diseases
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07827286733
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