Job summary
- Main area
- Planned Care
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-7249066-RB-SK
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom General Hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 pa Inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pre- Assessment Nurse Practitioner
Band 6
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
The post holder will provide high quality nursing care and work towards developing and working within a cohesive multidisciplinary team. The expectations within this job description will be met through Leadership, hands on clinical practice, education and training, and research. The post holder will also have the opportunity to develop skills towards attaining a Senior Practitioner post in the future if they so wish.
Main duties of the job
The role includes the provision of advanced nursing care to patients during surgical pre- operative assessment clinic and includes performing a full health assessment and co-ordinating all aspects of the patient’s admission. Assessments are conducted through a combination of face to face, telephone and electronic appointments and the successful candidate must be flexible in their approach to individual needs.
The Qualified Nurses post is characterised by five principal role functions: -
Ø Clinical Practice
Ø Professional Leadership and Management Function
Ø An Education, Training and Development Function
Ø Research and Evaluation Function
Ø Human Resources Function
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Pre- Assessment Nurse Practitioner role at Epsom and St Helier.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- 1. Degree or working towards
- 2. working toward Physical Assessment and clinical reasoning Certificate
Desirable criteria
- 1.Registered General Nurse Diploma in Nursing ENB 998 or equivalent
- 2. Physical Assessment and clinical reasoning Certificate
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 1. In previous experience experience or knowledge in history taking A&E or ITU
- 2. Experience in Orthopaedic Nursing
Desirable criteria
- 1. Pre-operative assessment experience
- 2. Experience in history taking and interrelating blood results
- 3. Venepuncture competent
Skills
Essential criteria
- 1. Excellent communication and written skills
- 2. Ability to evaluate and interpret data from various sources
- 3. Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
- 4. Critical thinking to identify key areas for assessment.
Desirable criteria
- 1. Experience of using databases
- 2. Computer Literate
- 3. 3. Familiarity with assessment tools and software.
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelly Stanford
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01372735255
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