Staff Nurse - Ophthalmology CEC

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Cannock Eye Centre for an Band 5 Staff Nurse. The exciting aspect of the role is due to the fact that staff that work within the Cannock Eye Centre get the chance to work in a variety of different areas of Ophthalmology. This includes Ophthalmology outpatients, pre-op assessment and cataract surgery.

Working within a small team of nurses/practitioners, the department also offers a wide range of General outpatient Ophthalmology services providing high quality support for various outpatient activity, including - general ophthalmology clinics, minor procedures and Botox clinics.

Joining our exceptional, committed, caring and compassionate team will allow you to provide high quality, efficient pre, peri and post-operative care to all patients in both a clinic and theatre role as well as full support to patients attending for General Ophthalmology appointments.

The Trust has a 12 month Preceptorship programme for newly qualified and local development programmes for experienced staff which will provide you with support and guidance, regular staff engagement, feedback sessions and a supportive team ethos.

Main duties of the job

Based at Cannock Chase Hospital, The Cannock Eye Centre is a unique facility that provides the full surgical journey for patients in one specially designed department. All of our patients are seen in the new patient clinic before returning for pre-op assessments. Following this they return for surgery and then finally a post op visit to check everything has gone as planned. The uniqueness of the vacancy is that the Cannock Eye Centre Staff are given the opportunity to cover all these different areas in one multi skilled role.

Staff will learn how to provide support during pre and post-operative outpatient appointments, they will learn the skills and techniques for pre-op assessments and then finally they will get the opportunity to learn/provide all of the skills required for cataract surgery, including scrub skills, anaesthetic support and circulating skills.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.