Pre Operative Nurse

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centered care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.