Pre-Op Assessment Nurse | Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 31 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 September 2025 |
| Location: | Leigh, WN7 1HS |
| Company: | Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7333626/302-25-7333626S |
Summary
We are a busy department with multiple clinics taking place. Pre-Op Assessment involves working with other disciplines and specialities to ensure our patients are getting a smooth Pre-Op journey prior to their Elective surgery.
This post is band 5
This role will deliver direct patient care for patients who are to have Elective Orthopaedic/Surgical procedures. This will be undertaken by demonstrating skills that are specific to preoperative assessment that identifies the patient’s fitness for the elective procedures through assessment.
Evidence of qualifications/certificates will be required at interview.
NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager’s agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis as It has been established to provide cover for an employee on maternity leave and will end in 12 months or when the substantive postholder returns. Whilst this post is advertised on an acting / secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
To identify through clinical assessment of patients requiring optimisation Pre-Elective surgery.
Through clinical decision making refer patients to appropriate specialities for opinion and/or required investigations.
Work within multi-disciplinary protocols, trust policies and guidelines.
Maintain accurate and detailed documented records of patients journey through the Pre-Operative assessment process .
Keep up to date with current NICE Pre-Op guidelines.
Ensure clinical competencies are current best practice working along side Anaesthetists and Surgeons with effective communication skills.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
• Be responsible to maintain a professional accountability and professionalism
• To maintain self-development through the practice of safe standards, trust policies and guidelines and work within compliance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
• Be responsible for the delivery of a high quality assessments and care, ensuring that clinical care is organised to meet the needs of the individual and ensuring patient safety.
• To provide and deliver specialist patient centred care to all patients attending through the Pre-Operative Assessment processes
• To provide and be able to make autonomous clinical decisions, referring to appropriate clinicians, and other services
• Promote best working practices through participation of audits
• Uphold good communication skills both verbally and through concise accurate documentation. Provide clinical supervision for all staff.
• Demonstrate leadership skills in promoting up to date best evidence based clinical practice
This advert closes on Thursday 21 Aug 2025