Job overview

This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust as the Lead Nurse for Per-Operative Assessment. We are currently in the process of redeveloping the hospital to provide a new state-of-the-art hospital for the residents of Hillingdon, and beyond, which supports the very best in delivery of healthcare and will be fit for our future.

We provide acute and specialist services from two sites to a local population of 350,000. Our services include accident and emergency services, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. Hillingdon is situated in Northwest London close to Heathrow 
airport and is the second largest London borough. Our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff, our most asset. We are committed to making improvements for both our patients and our staff which we will deliver through living our CARES values: Communication, Attitude, 
Responsibility, Equity and Safety. More information about our Vision and values and how we build theses into our recruitment process can be found on our website. We value our staff and wherever possible we offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, onsite nursery facilities and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities. We are proud to say that our staff survey results show that our staff look 
forward to coming to work here

Main duties of the job

This post is focused on the safe delivery of evidenced based pre-operative care for our patients undergoing planned elective surgery. 

The post holder will play a key part in shaping the service for the future 

Implementing a digital pre-operative assessment tool

Working collaboratively across the APC

Be invaluable in the day to smooth running of the pre-assessment department

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.