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Trosolwg o'r swydd

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and organised individual with clinical experience to join an established dynamic nursing team within pre-operative assessment. The prospective post holder will be a registered nursing associate who after appropriate training can undertake pre-admission screening assessments via telephone for multi-specialty patients prior to elective surgery.

The vacancy is for 1 post of part time working ; precise working hours will be discussed at interview. The clinic is presently open from 8am to 6pm 5 days a week; there is the opportunity to work long days. The service is based at Trafford General hospital.

We offer competency training for this role as well as regular supervision and support. Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, relatives, and members of the MDT. The applicant must have a good standard of written English, mathematics, and an ability to use IT/technical systems.  

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The main objective of the unit is to assess and optimize patients for a wide range of elective surgical specialties therefore the prospective post holder will require a broad knowledge preferably within surgical nursing, although medical knowledge would be an advantage, with ideally 12 months experience as a band 4 nursing associate. Previous Pre-operative Assessment experience would be desired but not essential. Responsible for undertaking screening assessments for multi-specialty elective surgical patients and telephone pre op assessments.

Liaise with the wider MDT to escalate issues and concerns

Checking pre-op investigation results are within normal limits and escalating to the senior nurse where they are abnormal. 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.