Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Specialist Nurses in Ophthalmology. The successful applicant will need to provide strong clinical leadership and be energising, inspiring and have the ability to empower others in pursuit of a shared vision to ensure the effective provision of patient care related to Ophthalmology. The applicant will be expected to undertake nurse led intravitreal clinics which establishes and maintains own workload in collaboration with Ophthalmology multidisciplinary team and demonstrates an ability to plan and work in accordance with the needs of the service. They will be expected to run triage, post op, and glaucoma clinics as required and assist in the ophthalmology department as required.
They will be a good team player and have excellent communication skills as they will be working with other specialist nurses, consultants, junior doctors, nursing staff and HCSW's.
They will ensure care delivery is in line with the appropriate regulatory body code of practice (e.g., NMC). Ensure a quality orientated approach to care, which recognises the needs and views of patients/clients and their carers (where applicable), placing the patient at the centre of all activities
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be expected to undertake nurse led intravitreal clinics and ensure specialist knowledge is such that any abnormalities can be identified and discussed with the medical team.
They will be expected to participate in triage and emergencies and post op and glaucoma clinics by adopting a clinical management approach, which is supportive, energetic, enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative and support the team to create an environment that is challenging, stimulating and supportive to individuals.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be expected to perform nursing care assessment alerting teams to changes and making adjustments to planned care. The post holder will have the cognitive ability and motor skills to operate the equipment within the department .e.g. slit Lamps
- Must have stereoscopic vision
- Develop and maintain communication with the Multidisciplinary team. Communicate information of a complex, sensitive, emotive and/ or contentious nature.
- Demonstrates a specialist knowledge and expertise in Ophthalmology, resulting from experience in the clinical area and post-registration study.
- Communicate sensitive, complex information and advice to patients and their relatives in a clear, sensitive way to promote understanding.
- Organise, plan and prioritise own workload ensuring both clinical commitments and other commitments are met. Identifies patients who are urgent cases, sees these as priority and plans a time to see remainder. Plans time for teaching, meetings, audits and guidelines.
- Good hand/ eye co-ordination, manual dexterity, precision and accuracy required to provide specific Ophthalmology procedures.
- Refer patients to other health professionals as appropriate.
- To have keyboard and database skills to facilitate documentation and information gathering.
- Have good computer literacy skills to maintain communication networks and for research use.
- Holds full UK driving licence and has own transport to enable movement between hospital sites and business travel.
- Responsible for providing specialist evidence based advice to all disciplines of staff, patients and carers relating to Ophthalmic conditions Provides specialist advice relating to individual patients and groups of patients in relation to Ophthalmic conditions
- Provides an efficient service and utilises full potential of their nurse led clinics
- Contributes to the development of plans of care for patients who need input from the Ophthalmology team.
- Participates in the development of policies and guidelines relating to Ophthalmology, which may have impact in a variety of areas throughout the Trust.
- Uses audit and observation to ensure that other staff follow relevant policies.
- Has responsibility with other members of the team for ensuring that training is provided on Ophthalmic issues to all staff from a variety of professions.
- Participates in the evaluation of new equipment and services in relation to Ophthalmic conditions .
- Run Nurse Led Clinics to provide highly skilled care on behalf of the Ophthalmology Consultants for patients with Ophthalmic conditions g and provide specialist nursing advice for patients.
- Ensure a quality patient centred approach to care, which recognises the needs and views of patients and carers.
- Responsible for recording patient information. Both written and using computer software as appropriate.
- Only reveals sensitive information to relevant individuals from this data storage.
- Regularly participates in audit, research and surveillance. Contributes to initiation of these programmes related to Ophthalmology using a recognised audit methodology.
- Responsible for maintaining, developing and completing own personal portfolio.
- Responsible for reporting adverse incidents or errors where staff or patients may be at risk.
- Participates in and proposes modernisation, improvements and service development within the team.
- To undertake any other duties which may be reasonably regarded as within the nature of the duties, responsibilities and grade of the post as defined, subject to the proviso that appropriate training is given and that wherever possible significant changes of a permanent nature shall be mutually agreed and incorporated into the job description in specific terms and the post re-evaluated if the change is likely to result in a job evaluation score change.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be expected to perform nursing care assessment alerting teams to changes and making adjustments to planned care. The post holder will have the cognitive ability and motor skills to operate the equipment within the department .e.g. slit Lamps
- Must have stereoscopic vision
- Develop and maintain communication with the Multidisciplinary team. Communicate information of a complex, sensitive, emotive and/ or contentious nature.
- Demonstrates a specialist knowledge and expertise in Ophthalmology, resulting from experience in the clinical area and post-registration study.
- Communicate sensitive, complex information and advice to patients and their relatives in a clear, sensitive way to promote understanding.
- Organise, plan and prioritise own workload ensuring both clinical commitments and other commitments are met. Identifies patients who are urgent cases, sees these as priority and plans a time to see remainder. Plans time for teaching, meetings, audits and guidelines.
- Good hand/ eye co-ordination, manual dexterity, precision and accuracy required to provide specific Ophthalmology procedures.
- Refer patients to other health professionals as appropriate.
- To have keyboard and database skills to facilitate documentation and information gathering.
- Have good computer literacy skills to maintain communication networks and for research use.
- Holds full UK driving licence and has own transport to enable movement between hospital sites and business travel.
- Responsible for providing specialist evidence based advice to all disciplines of staff, patients and carers relating to Ophthalmic conditions Provides specialist advice relating to individual patients and groups of patients in relation to Ophthalmic conditions
- Provides an efficient service and utilises full potential of their nurse led clinics
- Contributes to the development of plans of care for patients who need input from the Ophthalmology team.
- Participates in the development of policies and guidelines relating to Ophthalmology, which may have impact in a variety of areas throughout the Trust.
- Uses audit and observation to ensure that other staff follow relevant policies.
- Has responsibility with other members of the team for ensuring that training is provided on Ophthalmic issues to all staff from a variety of professions.
- Participates in the evaluation of new equipment and services in relation to Ophthalmic conditions .
- Run Nurse Led Clinics to provide highly skilled care on behalf of the Ophthalmology Consultants for patients with Ophthalmic conditions g and provide specialist nursing advice for patients.
- Ensure a quality patient centred approach to care, which recognises the needs and views of patients and carers.
- Responsible for recording patient information. Both written and using computer software as appropriate.
- Only reveals sensitive information to relevant individuals from this data storage.
- Regularly participates in audit, research and surveillance. Contributes to initiation of these programmes related to Ophthalmology using a recognised audit methodology.
- Responsible for maintaining, developing and completing own personal portfolio.
- Responsible for reporting adverse incidents or errors where staff or patients may be at risk.
- Participates in and proposes modernisation, improvements and service development within the team.
- To undertake any other duties which may be reasonably regarded as within the nature of the duties, responsibilities and grade of the post as defined, subject to the proviso that appropriate training is given and that wherever possible significant changes of a permanent nature shall be mutually agreed and incorporated into the job description in specific terms and the post re-evaluated if the change is likely to result in a job evaluation score change.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- On the job experience
- Clinically up to date
- Awareness of specific national and local issues
- Good communicator
- Team player
- Ability to manage case load
- Written and verbal skills
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse
- Evidence of continued practice / academic learning associated with speciality
- evidenced study of Ophthalmology nursing (Diploma level or equivalent experience)
- Nurse prescribing or willingness to undertake
- Teaching and Assessing 998 or equivalent
Desirable
- First Degree in Nursing (or working towards)
Training
Essential
- Slit lamp skills
- Tomography skills
- Tonometry Skills
- Biometry Skills
- Field interpretation skills
- Awareness of Audit methodologies
- Specific equipment training e.g. Optical coherence Tomography skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience in an acute NHS setting
- In depth experience of Ophthalmology nursing
- Clinical teaching
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- On the job experience
- Clinically up to date
- Awareness of specific national and local issues
- Good communicator
- Team player
- Ability to manage case load
- Written and verbal skills
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse
- Evidence of continued practice / academic learning associated with speciality
- evidenced study of Ophthalmology nursing (Diploma level or equivalent experience)
- Nurse prescribing or willingness to undertake
- Teaching and Assessing 998 or equivalent
Desirable
- First Degree in Nursing (or working towards)
Training
Essential
- Slit lamp skills
- Tomography skills
- Tonometry Skills
- Biometry Skills
- Field interpretation skills
- Awareness of Audit methodologies
- Specific equipment training e.g. Optical coherence Tomography skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience in an acute NHS setting
- In depth experience of Ophthalmology nursing
- Clinical teaching
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.
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).
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.
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
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Sherwood Forest Hospital NHS Trust
Kings Mill Hospital
Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
NG17 4JL
Employer's website
https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
