Ophthalmology Nurse Practitioner

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

30 Hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic individual to work within our Ophthalmic Casualty and Injection Service in the Ophthalmology department at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

We are offering an opportunity for the right candidates to join our team . This post is a fantastic opportunity for experienced nurse practitioners with no eye experience but a willingness and drive to develop their ophthalmic knowledge and skills or a nurse interested in developing Advanced clinical skills. We are in search of a candidate who can offer added value to our existing team. We are looking for someone to share our passion for patient centred care, someone who is willing to work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide innovative, efficient, joined up care to our patients. The successful candidate will be someone who can support others to develop their ophthalmic knowledge and skills.If you have the drive to provide an excellent patient experience, and enthusiasm for personal and professional development, we are waiting to hear from you.If you do not have the skills in ophthalmology for the band 7 role we will offer a band 6 with progression to a Band 7 when trained and competent.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Date posted

27 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

24 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

328-HNO-6139587

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

education

Essential

o NMC Registration
oDegree/Diploma in Nursing
oNon-medical prescribing or willing to work towards
oRecognised teaching certificate.

Experience

Essential

oSignificant and current experience within a health environment as a registered nurse
oCurrent teaching experience

Person Specification

education

Essential

o NMC Registration
oDegree/Diploma in Nursing
oNon-medical prescribing or willing to work towards
oRecognised teaching certificate.

Experience

Essential

oSignificant and current experience within a health environment as a registered nurse
oCurrent teaching experience

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).