Nurse Specialist Intravitreal Injector

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated Nurse Specialist injector to join our friendly, forward thinking Ophthalmology team at Ipswich Hospital ESNEFT.

We promote a team approach ethos towards service improvements with all staff included in supporting new developments.

You will be required to promote the highest possible standards of care based on professionally determined standards and accept accountability for the patient as an individual, providing autonomy.

Please be aware we might close the post earlier if sufficient amount of applications received.

Main duties of the job

To manage and co-ordinate the patients journey through the vitreo retinal care pathway.

Working side by side with consultants/doctors in all retinal clinics both supervised and unsupervised.

Responsible and autonomous in decision-making in clinical practice following consultant guidelines.

Responsible for making follow up appointments, adding patients to waiting lists and discharging within consultant framework and according to protocol.

Responsibleforproducingpatientinformation,patientassessmentandtelephoneassessment documents ensuring a high quality of care delivery and assessment of care needs.

Set and maintain protocols/guidelines for local and general anaesthetics, day- case/in-patient episodes, and routine and telephone patient assessments.

Act as counsellor to patients immediately after their medical consultation in the outpatient department, ensuring that patients are informed of their operative procedure. Assess the medical and social needs to ensure their planned method of admission is appropriate.

Tobeasourceofinformationandpatienteducationoverthefullrangeofophthalmicconditions.

Tocollectandcollatedataformedicalauditpurposes.

Tokeepupdatedwithallclinicaldevelopmentsinthespecialityarea.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Health Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Health Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

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

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