Pre Operative Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join the Pre-Operative Team at Birmingham Women's Hospital.

The Pre-Operative Department plays a vital role in preparing patients for elective gynaecological surgery, ensuring they are clinically optimised and fully informed prior to admission. Working within a specialist women's health environment, the successful candidate will provide high-quality nursing assessments, coordinate investigations, identify and escalate potential risks, and contribute to the safe and effective planning of patient care.

This is a rewarding role that requires excellent clinical assessment skills, strong organisational abilities, and a commitment to delivering patient-centred care. The post holder will work  with multidisciplinary teams, including surgeons, anaesthetists, specialist nurses, admissions teams, and allied health professionals, to support patients throughout their surgical pathway.

The service supports a wide range of gynaecology specialties including Gynaecological Oncology, Endometriosis, Urogynaecology, Fertility, and General Gynaecology. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing their own caseload and clinics, ensuring patients receive timely assessments and appropriate interventions.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for nurses with an interest in women's health to develop specialist pre-operative assessment skills.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering high-quality pre-operative assessment services for patients undergoing elective gynaecological procedures. They will undertake comprehensive health assessments, coordinate investigations, provide education and support to patients, and contribute to the effective management of surgical pathways.

The successful candidate will:

• Undertake comprehensive nurse-led pre-operative assessments for patients
• Identify, assess and manage clinical risks that may affect a patient's suitability for surgery or anaesthesia.
• Arrange and perform relevant investigations including venepuncture, ECG recording, physiological observations and screening swabs.
• Review and interpret investigation results, escalating abnormal findings appropriately 
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
• Provide patients and their families with clear information regarding planned procedures, admission processes, recovery expectations and postoperative care.
• Support the development and implementation of individualised care plans.
• Maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive documentation within electronic patient records.
• Ensure safeguarding concerns are recognised, acted upon and escalated in accordance with Trust policies.
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of care delivery and professional practice.

• 1st Level registered Nurse
• Evidence of recent and on-going professional development
• Relevant experience post registration training
• Understanding of professional and current issues in nursing
• Interested in women’s health
• To have the ability to practice independently and manage own workload and priority
• Ability to undertake data input, collection, analysis, audit and evaluation
• Ability to be flexible for the needs of the service
• Able to think quickly in a rapidly changing environment
• Sound understanding of professional nurse accountability
• Evidence of recent study
• Excellent I.T. skills Able to engage with IT programmes that support patient care
• Able to communicate effectively via email

• Course in Mentoring and assessing in clinical practice
• Understanding of IT systems

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.