Staff Nurse - Eye Care Centre | Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Do you have an interest in ophthalmology? As an exciting opportunity part time post has arisen in ophthalmic outpatients .This is a rotational post between the Eye Care Centre, Leighton hospital and the new surgical centre ,Northwich
Ophthalmic outpatients is an extremely busy department, caring for a wide range of patients with a number of conditions, reviewing approximately 4000 patients each month between clinics held here at Leighton hospital and Northwich infirmary.
Occasional rotation to Northwich site will be required.
Any staff nurse working within the Eye Care Centre will gain a wide range of experience for example, overseeing different speciality clinics, carrying out vision testing, children's clinics, assisting practioners with intravitreal injections using aseptic techniques, telephone preoperative clinics.
Our Trust is a friendly and supportive place to work. we're committed to providing a supportive and safe environment for Nurses to work in, providing careers not just jobs. In return we’re looking for caring, skilled professionals who are able to deliver the care our patients deserve.
An experienced healthcare professional competent in all aspects of care planning, who is able to carry out a wide range of clinical skills, including area(s) of specialist clinical expertise and advice within the team e.g.infection control, by working collaboratively and cooperatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.
The post holder will also take an active part in the leadership, education, development and supervision of the team.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.
The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
This is an extremely busy department. Seeing patients with a wide range of ophthalmic conditions.
As a staff nurse you will be involved in a number of duties including :
Assess patients vision using a number of different techniques
Asist in a theatre clean room room environment
Completediagnostic tests for patients
Carry out telephone and face to face preoperative assessment for cataract surgery.
Take on leadership, education and supervision of the team
Lead department huddles
Coordinate ophthalmic clinics on a daily basis.
Contribute to the ophthalmic health of all patients
Experience in numerous ophthalmic specialist clinics.
Involve patients/relatives/carers in the delivery of care.
Provide and develop a safe quality of care for patients and carers.
This advert closes on Thursday 23 Jan 2025