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Job overview

·        To provide leadership, clinical expertise and day-to-day management for the pre-assessment team and its practitioners. To work as an autonomous practitioner, providing a high-quality nursing service that will enhance and promote excellent clinical practice within the multi-disciplinary team

·  To continuously develop and enhance knowledge and skills that will directly influence consistent standards of clinical practice.

·         Through the staff appraisal process and mentorship programme, support the development of all staff, creating an atmosphere conducive to learning and practice development.

·         As a senior registered practitioner and manager within pre-assessment, you are accountable for the delivery of a high standard of cost-effective nursing care without direct supervision.

·         You will ensure that this will be based upon evidence-based practice in line with the legal requirements, statutory rules and Health Board policies relating to practice and the NMC Code of Conduct and the Health and Care Professions Council.

·         You will manage the team’s staff establishment to within the limits of the budget and ensure that the skill mix and staff development is appropriate to ensure patients receive safe, individualised and effective standards of care

Main duties of the job

·         To have the responsibility in providing expert levels of practice and knowledge, promoting evidence-based care within the pre assessment unit and working within personal, professional and corporate boundaries

·         Participates in the development of policies that influence service delivery and will lead and be responsible for the implementation of any legislative changes.

·         Plan, organise and deliver specialist pre-assessment activities and training, including being solely responsible for the set-up, organisation and on-going delivery of changes in pre-assessment practices.

·         To act as a professional role model to all in the pre-assessment team, and work within the department philosophy.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.