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Pre-op Assessment Nurse
Outpatients
Band 6 £37,831 - £46,100 (pro rata)
Plus £1,279 Distant Islands Allowance (pro rata)
15 Hours per Week
Permanent Post
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Pre-op Assessment Nurse to join our Outpatients team based at Western Isles Hospital.
Do you have good communication and interpersonal skills along with an ability to work as part of a small nurse-led team? Are you used to liaising with a wide variety of members from the multi-disciplinary team and have a passion for improving the patient’s surgical pathway? Then this could be the role for you!
Pre-op assessment nurses play a pivotal role in delivering safe and efficient pre-operative care by optimising patients for surgery. You will be working with the multi-disciplinary teams, including GP’s, Surgeons, and Anaesthetists to provide effective assessment to ensure our patients and their families/carers receive excellent preparation for surgical procedures.
Three years post registration experience within the areas of surgical or theatre would be advantageous but not essential.
For further information regarding this post please contact: Coleen Macleod Ambulatory Care Senior Charge Nurse, coleen.macleod@nhs.scot, tel: 01851 704704.
The successful applicant will be required to register with the PVG Scheme (Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme). This post is not eligible for relocation expenses.
All NHS Western Isles vacancies appear on the NHS Scotland website: https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/ along with a job description.
Tha beàrnan-obrach NHS Eilean Siar uile gu léir a' nochdadh air làrach-lìn NHS na h-Alba https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/ , còmhla ri dealbh-obrach.
If you have any further queries, please contact Tel: 01851 762027.
Closing Date 2nd November 2023