Nurse Team Leader - Pre-operative Assessment

Nurse Team Leader - Pre-operative Assessment NHS AfC:
Band 6

Main area ATCC Surgery, Pre-operative Assessment Service Grade NHS AfC:
Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job  

Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/03/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/04/2026

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

We are recruiting two Nurse Team Leaders into our Pre-operative Assessment service, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The role of a Preoperative Assessment practitioner is that of an advocate who identifies the patients’ needs and risk factors that may affect their surgical experience.

We are dedicated to the reduction of cancelled operations on the day of surgery through ensuring that patients are comprehensively optimised prior to their surgical procedure.

We focus on improving the patient’s experience before, during and after their admission by meeting their individual needs.

The assessment, identification and subsequent management of risks related to surgery can also be directly related to the reduction of complication rates and mortality.

Our service operates Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 18:00, and on Saturdays at Lister Hospital from 08:00 to 13:00.

* Please note that the required hours for this role are Monday to Friday, 08:00–18:00 at both Lister and QEII. On Saturdays, the hours are 08:00–13:00 ss-site working is expected.*

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:

Include,Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

This exciting opportunity will see you making a real difference in our patients' lives and the standard of quality healthcare delivered.

The successful candidate must be a conscientious individual, preferably with good POA experience but not essential as full training will be given.

You will join and be part of a progressive, innovative team that keeps the patient at the heart of everything we do.

After your POA training and induction, you will conduct Nurse-led clinics and autonomously manage your patient caseload. Therefore, you should have a flexible approach to working and a willingness to learn and develop continuously.

In addition, strong customer care skills and effective communication with all stakeholders are fundamental.

You will act as a role model and demonstrate a desire and willingness to contribute and actively be involved in further developing the POA service as well as the team, student nurses and ODPs who join us on clinical placements.

In return, you will be working within a committed team of hardworking nurses with a high level of professionalism to holistically assess the individual care needs of patients to ensure they are managed safely and effectively throughout their surgical pathway.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more…