Senior Registered Nurse - Pre-Assessment
Job summary
Senior Registered Nurse - Pre Assessment
The Meriden Hospital22.5 Hours & Perm
Salary: Up to £39,000.00 FTE per year (depending on level of experience, training and qualification)
The Meriden Hospital in Coventry is part of Circle Health Group, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with a nationwide network of hospitals & clinics, performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country.
Circle Health Group has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Registered Nurse to join our friendly and motivated team of staff working in the Pre Assessment department.
This is apart-time role at 22.5 hours a week with the opportunity to increase to full-time hours in the future. The role holder will be required to cover a flexible shift pattern.
Main duties of the job
Duties of this role include:
Deliver high-quality nursing care and lead on the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for complex patients
Use advanced clinical knowledge to make timely and appropriate decisions, escalating where necessary.
Administer medication safely and monitor patient response, ensuring adherence to NMC and local protocols.
Delegate tasks appropriately, ensuring safe and effective workload management across the shift.
Uphold a culture of safety by ensuring compliance with infection prevention, safeguarding, medicines management, and risk reporting procedures.
Act as a key contact for patients and their families, offering clinical updates, reassurance, and information to support shared decision-making.
Liaise effectively with the multidisciplinary team to coordinate care and ensure smooth transitions between services.
About us
Opportunities with Circle Health Group
Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles and more.
Circle Health Group are proud to be a silver member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and we welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces Community. We are also part of The Valuable 500 and we pride ourselves in being a Disability Confident Employer.
Were passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.
Job responsibilities
WHAT DO YOU DO?
Support the team to deliver care that helps improve the health of the individual and wider community.
Support the team in demonstrating compassion through effective relationships based on empathy, respect and dignity.
Develop own competence to deliver effective care and treatments through improving clinical/technical knowledge / skill, and expertise.
Communicate appropriately with others involved in the care of the patient.
Take charge of the clinical area as required, ensuring effective operational management of clinical area on a 24-hour basis.
Comply with all relevant mandatory training
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
18 months post registration experience.
Experience working within a team model of nursing.
Previous experience working within the acute healthcare sector.
Experience of customer care, including interacting with challenging customers and situations.
Registered general nurse level 1/ Diploma / BSc in Nursing studies.
Evidence of relevant clinical professional development preferably evidenced by certification RN with valid NMC Registration.
Mentorship Qualification (ENB 998 or equivalent).
Awareness of NMC Code of Accountability.
Excellent clinical applied knowledge which is evidenced based and takes account of national best practice standards.
Understanding of workload and shift management.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Applicants should meet the following criteria:
- Registered Nurse (Adult) with active NMC registration.
- Significant post-registration experience in an acute or relevant clinical setting.
- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and support a nursing team.
- Strong clinical decision-making, problem-solving, and time management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a compassionate and patient-focused approach.
- Confidence in working independently and within a multidisciplinary team.
- Previous experience in a senior or supervisory nursing role desirable.