# Senior Staff Nurse – Pre-Assessment / Outpatient

**Company**: Berkshire Independent Hospital
**Location**: Reading
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Berkshire Independent Hospital is currently looking to recruit an exceptional Pre-Assessment / Outpatient Nurse to provide specialist nursing expertise, facilitating evidence-based patient-centred care and assessment for a defined caseload of pre-assessment patients.

The successful candidate will work both independently and collaboratively with a team of nurses and healthcare assistants, enabling them to co-ordinate patients throughout their pre-assessment pathway, with a high level of input into the management and care of patients prior to admission for specified procedures.

Key responsibilities include:

- Supporting all members of staff within the Outpatient department, including students of nursing/visiting healthcare professionals

- Acting as a liaison link with the Multi-disciplinary team and contributing to work involved in the Anesthetic Meeting / Complex MDT meeting

- Using highly developed communication skills to provide guidance, advice and support to patients, ward staff, physio and theatre staff regarding management of their proposed admission and its impact on patient’s/carer’s life

- Establishing partnerships with patients/carers and communicating with them in highly distressing or emotional circumstances

- Acting as patients advocate, ensuring that informed consent, privacy and dignity are maintained

- Critically reflecting on own performance through supervision/action learning

The ideal candidate will have:

- Current NMC registration

- Minimum 6 months paid experience in a Pre-op assessment / outpatients Nurse role in an NHS/Private Hospital in the past 3 years

- Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently

- Flexible and positive attitude

- A warm, considerate and empathetic character

In return, we offer a range of benefits, including:

- Private Medical Cover, with the option to add your partner and dependants

- Discounted Bupa Dental Insurance

- Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 your base salary

- Private Pension, with Ramsay matching up to 5% after a qualifying period

- Employee Assistance Programme

- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell additional days

- Flexible shift patterns, where possible

- Family friendly policies including enhanced parental leave

- Volunteer leave to support causes that matter to you

- Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy to support your career development

- Colleague recognition programme to celebrate our people

## Skills

### Required
- NMC registration
- Pre-op assessment
- outpatients Nurse

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