Ophthalmic Nurse - B6

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full job description & specification

To provide specialist ophthalmology advice.

To accept direct emergency referrals throughout the day from other healthcare professionals and medical staff both internal and external to the Trust.

Take clinical histories and carry out examinations to make a differential diagnosis during autonomous nurse led clinic sessions.

Following training and assessment of competence perform specialist ophthalmology procedures.

Responsible for communicating sensitive and confidential information concerning patients/clients requiring empathy, persuasion and reassurance to patient with complex needs and/or challenging behaviour

Responsible for supporting colleagues and reception staff in de-escalating hostile situations and verbally abusive patients

Provide a problem solving approach to patient care

Liaise with colleagues and members of other disciplines to ensure good communication and effective exchange of clinical information both within and outside the department.

Ensure effective communication and interpersonal skills with other members of the team. Promote a friendly and welcome atmosphere for both team members and patients. Be courteous, helpful and supportive to patients and staff at all times maintaining the values and behaviours ethos within the Trust.

Actively participate with the multidisciplinary team in the development of protocols and standards to direct patient care.

Co-ordinate the management of the clinics on a day-to-day basis, ensuring effective service delivery to quality standards

Ensure staff are trained and assessed as competent to use equipment within the eye department.

To introduce new ideas and methods of nursing care (research), carry out clinical audit and act on the information obtained.

To ensure that the highest possible quality of service is delivered within the eye clinic maintaining a high standard of nursing care in accordance with current policies and procedures to facilitate an effective process for the patients.

To ensure that all necessary material resources are available for the day to day running of the clinic and allocate as appropriate.

To be patients advocate and provide support for patients medical, social and psychological needs whilst attending the eye clinic.

To maintain good nursing practice whilst responding to the changing needs and circumstances within the service. Encourage and develop new evidence based approaches to practice and act as a change agent.

Actively promote health education by displaying and updating literature and information relevant to patients specific problems for patients and relatives.

Manage and develop a service which supports all clinical staff and consultant teams. Collate all the necessary data, record management plans and communicate plans effectively with all clinical and administration staff.

3.2 Managerial

To take management responsibility of Daily Clinic Allocation and Planning, ensuring clinics are staffed with the appropriately trained staff

Assessing staff performance against agreed performance standards/objectives and/or competencies at least annually and develop meaningful and achievable personal development plans and objectives

To be responsible for the self- development of skills and competencies through participation in learning and development activities, and to maintain up to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post

Manage the department in the absence of the Department Manager.

To actively lead, drive and engage staff to drive change and improvement across outpatients as part of Achieving Excellence and transformation programmes (GIRFT)

Assist in ensuring that appropriate performance, management and staff development is on-going. Ensure accurate staff records are kept securely, maintaining confidentiality at all times. To also assist in the management of personal issues as appropriate.

To be aware of the Outpatient nursing budget in order to achieve a safe and cost effective service within the constraints of the agreed budget, highlighting any areas of potential cost improvement schemes to the lead nurse

To assist in the formulation of policies and protocols and to set standards of performance for patient care in outpatients.

Introduce staff to the department and ensure they are familiar with Trust policies and procedures, which must be accessible to all staff including junior doctors and locum staff regarding policies and protocols to ensure efficient clinic procedure.

Attendance of management meetings to ensure a quality service is maintained and future developments implemented.

Exercise leadership by example and always act in a professional manner to both patients and relatives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Has a professional knowledge acquired through degree of diploma in ophthalmology
• Actively develops themselves and others

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Can demonstrate experiential learning from two years' experience in ophthalmology or related area, and has preceptor experience to qualified staff
• Will be able to show experience at band 5 or above
• Demonstrate specialist ophthalmic knowledge
• Can demonstrate experience of supervision of learners and trained staff
• Clinical supervision experience
• Experience of audit/research

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present 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) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

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