Job Description

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse with a passion for delivering safe, effective, and patient‑centred pre‑operative care? We are seeking a motivated and clinically confident Pre‑Assessment Senior Nurse to join our dynamic Pre‑Assessment Unit. You will play a key part in ensuring patients are optimised and fully prepared for surgery, contributing to excellent surgical outcomes and a seamless patient journey.

Located in leafy St John’s Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St John’s.

Responsibilities

• Delivering high‑quality, evidence‑based pre‑assessment care
• Conduct comprehensive face‑to‑face and telephone assessments
• Analyse clinical findings and determine patient fitness for surgery
• Liaise with anaesthetists, intensivists, and multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient care
• Perform triage of referrals and patient queries
• Review patient notes and ensure accurate, compliant documentation
• Attend bed meetings and contribute to safe patient flow
• Supervise and mentor junior staff and HCAs
• Support service development, audits, and quality improvement initiatives
• Ensure adherence to national guidelines, infection control standards, and organisational policies

Requirements

• A Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Experienced in pre‑assessment or perioperative care
• Confident in clinical assessment, decision‑making, and patient optimisation
• An effective communicator with strong organisational skills
• Motivated, flexible, and able to lead by example
• Competent in using clinical IT systems (experience with Lifebox is desirable)
• Able to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary environment

Benefits

When you become part of the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Family, these are some of the benefits you will receive:

• Private healthcare scheme worth up to £20,000 per year
• 27 days annual leave
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye check-up vouchers with contribution towards lenses
• Free newspaper and media subscriptions
• Local Business discounts
• Discount in our Hospice Charity shop
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Free Cinema Society Membership offering discounted tickets
• Personal development and training courses
• Annual events and recognition awards
• Career progression and increments

If you are ready for a new challenge and relish the chance to become part of a successful, forward thinking organisation then we would love to hear from you. Download job description