Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Ophthalmology Department at Worcester Royal Hospital. This post is an 9 month, fixed-term post.
Main duties of the job
Working in the department will involve caring for patients that attend the Ophthalmic outpatient clinic, which includes checking their visual acuity, intra-occular pressure, administering eye drops and performing diagnostic tests like OCT, Pentacam and Visual Fields. It also involves working in the Ophthalmic theatre and IVT injection room, which includes scrub, admission/discharge, escort and circulator roles. The post holder will be expected to cover all areas of the department.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large
acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute
services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a
larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from
three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our
caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred
care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to
work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise
accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working
within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Post Title: Staff Nurse Ophthalmology
Pay Band: 5
Hours: 37.5
Contract: Fixed-term 9 months
Location
/ Department: Worcester
Royal Hospital
Accountable
to: Matron
Reports
to: Senior Sister
Key Working Relationships: Matron, Senior Sister, Nurse Practitioners,
Clinical Lead, wider teams
Risk Assessment: The
post involves manual handling activities and exposure to body fluids and
chemicals. The post also involves VDU work and possible exposure to violence
and aggression.
The post holder
will be required to work shifts as necessary to maintain the service.
Job
Purpose: To work as an Ophthalmic Nurse within
clinics and theatre. To liaise with other agencies and departments both
internal and external to the Trust, providing specialist ophthalmic nursing
advice.
Key
Duties: The post holder
will provide a comprehensive service to patients and be responsible for
planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients within the sub
speciality such as: Intravitreal Injections, Age-related Macular
Degeneration/Medical Retina, Glaucoma, Corneal and Cataract clinics and theatre.
The post holder
will be clinically accountable for the assessment and management of patients
within their care and especially in the upkeep of contemporaneous documentation
involving care plans/notes and official letters to other health carers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Post Title: Staff Nurse Ophthalmology
Pay Band: 5
Hours: 37.5
Contract: Fixed-term 9 months
Location
/ Department: Worcester
Royal Hospital
Accountable
to: Matron
Reports
to: Senior Sister
Key Working Relationships: Matron, Senior Sister, Nurse Practitioners,
Clinical Lead, wider teams
Risk Assessment: The
post involves manual handling activities and exposure to body fluids and
chemicals. The post also involves VDU work and possible exposure to violence
and aggression.
The post holder
will be required to work shifts as necessary to maintain the service.
Job
Purpose: To work as an Ophthalmic Nurse within
clinics and theatre. To liaise with other agencies and departments both
internal and external to the Trust, providing specialist ophthalmic nursing
advice.
Key
Duties: The post holder
will provide a comprehensive service to patients and be responsible for
planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients within the sub
speciality such as: Intravitreal Injections, Age-related Macular
Degeneration/Medical Retina, Glaucoma, Corneal and Cataract clinics and theatre.
The post holder
will be clinically accountable for the assessment and management of patients
within their care and especially in the upkeep of contemporaneous documentation
involving care plans/notes and official letters to other health carers.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must have current NMC registration or student studying nursing in UK due to qualify
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
- NMC recognised teaching qualification or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Ophthalmology Degree/Modules
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
Desirable
- Ophthalmology experience
- Day surgery experience
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Able to challenge and articulate opinion
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance
- A working knowledge of Health & Safety issues
- Able to demonstrate a knowledge of current legislative changes affecting the NHS
- Demonstrates computer literacy
- Demonstrates excellent report writing skills
- Demonstrates the ability to appraise and direct others
- Ability to motivate others
- Demonstrates the ability to teach and inform others
- Able to demonstrate understanding or involvement with health promotion/education initiatives
- Able to interpret and adhere to Trust and departmental policies protocols, procedures and guidelines
- Ability to problem solve and prioritise work
- Flexible to change in demands of service
- Willing to learn new skills
- Ability to identify personal development needs
Desirable
- Venepuncture
- Cannulation
- IV therapy
- Biometry
- Visual Fields
- OCT
- IOP and VA assessment
- Scrub Skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must have current NMC registration or student studying nursing in UK due to qualify
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
- NMC recognised teaching qualification or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Ophthalmology Degree/Modules
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
Desirable
- Ophthalmology experience
- Day surgery experience
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Able to challenge and articulate opinion
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance
- A working knowledge of Health & Safety issues
- Able to demonstrate a knowledge of current legislative changes affecting the NHS
- Demonstrates computer literacy
- Demonstrates excellent report writing skills
- Demonstrates the ability to appraise and direct others
- Ability to motivate others
- Demonstrates the ability to teach and inform others
- Able to demonstrate understanding or involvement with health promotion/education initiatives
- Able to interpret and adhere to Trust and departmental policies protocols, procedures and guidelines
- Ability to problem solve and prioritise work
- Flexible to change in demands of service
- Willing to learn new skills
- Ability to identify personal development needs
Desirable
- Venepuncture
- Cannulation
- IV therapy
- Biometry
- Visual Fields
- OCT
- IOP and VA assessment
- Scrub Skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
