Pre-Assessment Nurse
Private Hospital - Hertfordshire
Full-time, Permanent - 37.5 hours per week
£28,000 - £35,000

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse with a background in pre-assessment looking for your next opportunity within a leading private hospital environment?

Our client is looking for a dedicated Pre-Assessment Nurse to join its clinical team and play a key role in ensuring patients are fully assessed, supported and prepared for their surgical journey.

Reporting to the Pre-Assessment Lead, you will provide high-quality, individualised care to patients undergoing pre-operative assessment, working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective and positive patient outcomes.

The Role

As a Pre-Assessment Nurse, you will be responsible for assessing patients' clinical needs, planning and coordinating appropriate pathways of care, and ensuring they are fully prepared for their procedure.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Conducting comprehensive pre-assessment consultations and identifying individual patient needs.
• Planning, implementing and evaluating care pathways to support a safe surgical journey.
• Liaising with consultants, surgeons and other members of the multidisciplinary team to coordinate investigations and assessments.
• Building positive relationships with patients and their families, providing reassurance and emotional support throughout the process.
• Providing patients with clear advice and education around their condition, medication, self-care and health maintenance.
• Undertaking clinical procedures including phlebotomy, cannulation and ECGs.
• Supporting patients with medication administration and education, including injections such as Enoxaparin where required.
• Maintaining accurate patient records and clinical histories using relevant IT systems.
• Developing individualised care plans and supporting discharge planning.
• Participating in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives and the development of care pathways.
• Identifying and reporting incidents, complaints and areas for improvement through the appropriate channels.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the hospital to deliver consistently high standards of patient care.

About You

You will be a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and have previous clinical nursing experience within a pre-assessment setting.

You will also have:

• Demonstrable clinical nursing knowledge and experience.
• Competence in phlebotomy, cannulation and ECGs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and patient-facing skills.
• Good IT skills, including experience using Microsoft Office and web-based systems.
• The ability to work confidently both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• A flexible and adaptable approach to your work.
• A strong commitment to patient safety, dignity and confidentiality.
• A professional, compassionate and customer-focused approach.

Previous experience within the private healthcare sector would be advantageous.

What We're Looking For

Above all, we are looking for a nurse who genuinely puts the patient at the centre of everything they do.

You will be professional, approachable and empathetic, with the resilience and adaptability to work effectively in a busy clinical environment. You will take pride in delivering high-quality care and be committed to continuous improvement and clinical excellence.

You will also share our commitment to positivity, empathy, accountability, caring, quality and value, while contributing to a culture of trust, teamwork and transformation.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative clinical team where you can make a genuine difference to the patient experience from the very beginning of their surgical journey.

If you are an experienced Pre-Assessment Nurse who is passionate about delivering excellent patient care and would like to develop your career within a private hospital environment, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now

If you have the experience and skills we're looking for, please get in touch to find out more about this opportunity or to apply.