Paediatric Staff Nurse - Ophthalmology - ref. c69756803

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Job overview

To act as professional role model/ team leader, setting standards of practice, promoting clinical effectiveness both generally and within the speciality and creating opportunities for teaching others.

To effectively organise and manage the department, delegating responsibilities to other members of the team in a timely and effective manner.

To continue your development in managerial skills and lead the team in the absence of more senior staff.

To act as a role model/team leader by setting standards of practice, promoting clinical effectiveness and opportunities for teaching.

Main duties of the job

Following appropriate training and assessment you will be expecting to perform the clinical care duties:

• Visual Acuity
• Performing Fluorescein Angiograms, and Photodynamic Therapy
• Cannulation
• Venepuncture

Communication:

• The post holder will need to have excellent communication skills, being required to communicate effectively within the team; participate in motivating and supporting team members with the ability to supervise staff and students in the absence of more senior staff.
• They will act as a role model including mentor for learners and junior staff and participate in ward meetings to help to promote new ideas and to benefit care.
• The post holder will be in receipt of confidential and sensitive information and will deal with it according to Trust policy.
• The post holder will be responsible for setting up the clinic rooms

Patient Care:

• The post holder will be responsible for providing direct patient care within the department; taking into account individual patient needs and prioritising effectively; ensuring that when a patient’s condition is deteriorating this is communicated and reported to other members of the healthcare team and acted upon in a professional and timely manner.

Please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy for more main duties of the job.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrate competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area
• Able to complete accurate and legible patient records
• Ability to teach students and untrained staff to develop skills
• Ability to take the lead, initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient
• Clinical decision making ability
• Competence in calculations for safe administration of medicines/fluids
• Act in a professional manner
• Self-motivated
• A team player
• Ability to adapt to change
• Motivated and flexible
• Ability to work a flexible shift pattern

Knowledge and Experience

• Broad knowledge and experience of clinical nursing practice within a hospital environment
• Interest in the clinical area

• Experience of teaching
• Experience of taking charge

Qualifications and Training

• RSCN/RCN with current NMC Registration

• Assessor Student Nurse/NVQ Assessor or willing to work towards
• Post registration qualification in Ophthalmic nursing

• As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
• The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
• UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
• To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
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• The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
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Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

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