Ophthalmic staff nurse

Job summary

Ophthalmic Senior Staff Nurse

Are you looking for a new role that allows you to make a real difference to patient's quality of life? If so we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, dynamic, caring and flexible registered nurse to join team to deliver Intravitreal injection service, Preassessment and Oculoplastic service.

You are an already competent intravitreal injection or wish to develop this role and utilise your skills in other nurse delivered sessions, demonstrating how your ophthalmic skills, managerial and leadership experience will assist with prioritising their own and that of the team's workload to ensure a timely and coordinated patient appointment.

You must be embrace a receptive attitude to change with the ability to challenge practice and contribute to quality improvement and patient experience within the service.

These are exciting times as we implement new ways of working and look at extending the scope of practice for our senior staff nurse workforce. We expect our staff to provide a committed, professional and friendly service for our patients and colleagues.

King's College Hospital Ophthalmology clinic at Denmark Hill provides a wide range of Ophthalmic outpatient sub-speciality clinics, emergency eye care, nurse led pre and post operative assessment, intravitreal injections, oculoplastic procedures, and so much more.

The service is operational 7 day week, and the successful person will need to work flexibly .

Main duties of the job

The Post holder will

• Provide expert, holistic and high standard of care to patients and their relatives attending Kings College NHS Foundation Ophthalmology Care Group.
• Work with the MDT team to provide an intravitreal injection service and also participate and work within other services such as Preassessment and Oculoplastic to meet service requirement and own clinical development.
• Work with the nurse manager and/or nurse in charge to lead and coordinate unit activity with responsibility for the clinical area and a team.
• Assist with clinical education to a identified group of practitioners: registered nurses, ophthalmic technicians and new starters to the service, acting as a resource, positive role model and part of the multi-disciplinary
• Participate and implement pathways and new ways of working for an improved patient and team experience and service improvement

At Kings, emphasis is put on the need to ensure that all staff recognise their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner maintaining patient confidentiality at all times. Our vision is to be bold and the Trust values- Kind, Respectful Team help ensure a positive attitude in the way that we interact with each other and patients.

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level.

Employer details

Employer name

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Denmark Hill

King's College London

London

SE5 9RS

Employer's website

https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Denmark Hill

King's College London

London

SE5 9RS

Employer's website

https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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