Pre-Assessment Nurse

Spire Yale Hospital is one of North Wales’ leading private hospitals and we take pride in delivering high-quality care. We offer fast access to consultations with specialists in a wide range of treatments, supported by advanced imaging and diagnostic technology. Spire Yale Hospital is located in Wrexham and has additional consulting rooms on the North Wales coast at Abergele. Wrexham is only 12 miles from Chester and 30-50 minutes from Liverpool and Manchester. There are direct train links to London with a journey time of just over 2 hours. The Snowdonia National Park and the North Wales Coast are on our doorstep! We take pride in delivering high-quality care to patients across North Wales and the Borders. Spire Healthcare was announced as winner of the ‘Best Workplace for Learning and Development - Over 1,500 Nursing Staff category’ at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards 2021. The award recognised the introduction of a whole range of learning and development initiatives for clinical and non-clinical colleagues, including Spire’s new nurse apprenticeship programme. Duties and responsibilities: -To assess patient needs and plan care through mostly telephone, video consultations – 90% of the time with the occasional face to face consultations -To be accountable for the delivery of safe care within the POA environment -To work autonomously and independently in a timely manner -To perform POA assessment which will involve taking a full medical/surgical history and be able to identify and escalate health issues to POA Manager/Consultant/Anaesthetist -Ensure appropriate POA investigations are ordered within the decision making process and abnormal results escalated/actioned -To accurately document and record observations which will include BP, pulse, temperature, height, weight and ECG -Promote best practice in health and safety and security. Assist in maintaining and developing the POA service