Sister​/Charge Nurse, Band 6 Pre-operative Assessment

Current jobs at Gloucestershire Hospitals Sister/Charge Nurse, Band 6 Pre-operative Assessment Band 6

Main area Sister/Charge Nurse Pre-operative Assessment Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Multiple posts available Job
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Site Trustwide Town Gloucestershire Salary £39,959 - £48,117 (pa pro rata if part-time) Salary period Yearly Closing 05/08/2026 23:59

At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.

With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.

We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.

The pre-operative assessment team, are looking for an experienced pre-operative assessment nurse who is a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills to join our leadership team team. The pre-operative team consists of Nurses, anaesthetists, health care support workers and administrators.

We provide a nurse led clinic supported by our anaesthetic consultants for patients undergoing surgery for a range of procedures, and specialties. We also work collaboratively with the inpatient and day surgery teams.

Our aim is to provide safe effective pre-operative care and we are responsible for ensuring a safe patient assessment in line with national guidelines and deliver a high standard of care with a patient centred approach.

We are looking for someone with pre-operative assessment experience with a positive and progressive attitude, ability to problem solve, competent in advanced assessment skill and works well in a multi-disciplinary team.

Additional working pattern details:
Multiple posts available

- To coordinate and supervise a shift, communicating effectively with members of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality, evidence-led care to patients.

- To exercise clinical judgment and decision making about patient needs in terms of long term goals or plans.

- Carry our face to face and telephone assessments

- Triage new referrals and patient health questionnaires
- To participate fully in the day to day organisation.

- To assume personal accountability for nursing care delivered to a patient in accordance with the NMC code of conduct. There is an expectation for post holders:

- To promote a safe clinical environment for all patients, visitors and staff

- To participate in Trust initiatives around infection control and care quality indicators

- To assist with any local or trust initiatives to ensure the continuous improvement of the quality of services and safeguarding of high standards of care

- To be aware…