Staff Nurse Ophthalmolgy Outpatients
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service.
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Job overview
To work within the Ophthalmology outpatient clinic providing services for a range of ophthalmic conditions.
Main duties of the job
A vacancy has arisen for a Band 5 Staff Nurse within the Ophthalmic Department at both the James Paget hospital and Beccles outpatients.
The post is 20 hours per week
This is an exciting opportunity to become an integral member of our team working both autonomously and together with other multi-disciplines helping to support and deliver services to our patients.
Applicants must be well organised with a professional and approachable manner. The successful applicant must possess excellent communication skills as most of our patients are visually impaired and are of the elderly population.
Applicants should be able to use their own judgement to resolve issues and have a tactful, sensitive approach to managing often challenging situations
Working for our organisation
Ophthalmology Outpatients
Level 4
Division of Surgery Woman and Children Services
James Paget University Hospital
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To assist with services within the Ophthalmology Outpatients department including macular degeneration, glaucoma, pediatrics’, emergency and oculoplastic clinics. The department also supports the Ophthalmology research team based within the hospital and provides an outreach clinic at Beccles.
To support Nurse led clinics in fluorescein angiography, intra-ocular pressure clinics, virtual glaucoma and virtual diabetic clinics.
To assist with pre and post intravitreal injections. To assist in theatre with injection lists
To develop, implement and evaluate specialized programs of care.
To give specialist advice to patients and relatives on a range of ocular co- morbidity.
To liaise with General Practitioners and other members of the multi-disciplinary team in preparing for patients surgery to provide the optimum in health care needs.
To act as patients advocate through effective support and information enabling them to make choices and decisions concerning present and future treatment.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria- Registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development (CPD)
- Mentoring/Teaching and Assessing qualification
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria- Previous experience working within a healthcare setting
- Up to date clinical knowledge
- Awareness of current nursing developments in ophthalmology
- Previous ophthalmology experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria- Experience of working autonomously and within a multi-disciplinary team
- Effective written and verbal communication
- Good standard of IT Computer skills
- Willingness to undertake further education
- Full UK driving licence
The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available.Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Visa and Immigration
If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job.
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