Job Description

You have the exciting opportunity to be part of the innovative, forward-thinking pre-operative team who work together to safely triage, and risk assess each individual patient on the planned elective surgical care pathway. Using excellent communication skills, nursing knowledge and interpersonal skills, you will need to demonstrate independent safe decision-making, and be able to critically analyse intended patient care, to provide positive safe solutions.



Practise in accordance with an ethical and legal framework which ensures patient interests and well-being, respecting confidentiality.



Practise in a fair and anti-discriminatory way, acknowledging the differences in beliefs and cultural practices of individuals or groups.



Document a safe, risk reducing medical history, highlighting any physical, psychological, social or spiritual issues your patient may have, and manage/escalate as appropriate.



Formulate and document a plan of pre-operative nursing care with your patients, clients, their carers, family and friends, using a framework of informed consent and shared-decision-making.



Ensure pre-operative elective surgical care is planned and delivered according to national and local evidence-based guidelines.



Organise relevant pre-operative investigations as per hospital protocol and NICE guidelines.



Exercise sound clinical judgement, and sound decision-making in terms of the patients' risk and suitability for surgery, consulting Clinicians as necessary for advice and support to maintain patient safety.



Recognise if your patient's health is deteriorating and take appropriate action to manage the patient or escalate your concerns.



Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.



Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're 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. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk



Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.