Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Ophthalmology, for a senior nurse who is highly motivated to join the team as a Lead Nurse for Opthalmology. You must be an innovative and hardworking adult nurse with a broad range of skills and experiences. Interest in and experience of ophthalmology is essential.
You will be accountable for the Ophthalmology service, working within the divisional SBU. Providing clinical leadership and operational management across all elements of the service including pre- assessment, day surgery, urgent eye, outpatients, and ongoing care in order to ensure a professional, safe and efficient service to patients and staff, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team.
You must possess, and be able to demonstrate, excellent leadership and management skills. We are seeking to appoint a compassionate and caring nurse who will be able to work closely with the Senior Team to deliver outstanding care.
Main duties of the job
Provide Innovative, Clinical, professional, and managerial leadership, providing a highly visible and authoritative presence
Ensuring the provision of high quality, responsive services with the needs of the patient at the center of care delivery.
Work in partnership with the Operations Manager and the Divisional Senior Management Team to ensure effective and efficient management of the department
To meet agreed targets within the resources available.
Be accountable for all clinical and non-clinical aspects of quality within the service.
Maintain a visible presence where patients, staff and visitors can turn for assistance and upon whom they can rely to ensure that the fundamental and specialist aspects of care are met.
About us
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full job description
This includes working clinical shifts, exact clinical duties to be decided based on clinical background and specialist interest. Support the Associate Director of Nursing by leading and developing nurses, nursing practice and the service.
- To develop and improve the patients pathway, in order to facilitate a seamless delivery of care, acting as a role model for excellent autonomous practice.
- Facilitate the delivery of clinical excellence by undertaking and leading clinical audit in this specialist area, leading in the development and implementation of change.
- To manage the ophthalmology nursing team in the provision of high quality, research based, nursing care that is patient and family focused.
- To manage the Eye Clinic and eye unit department effectively and efficiently within allocated resources.
- To ensure the effective utilisation of staff ensuring work arrangements off duty are focused on service need.
- To manage and facilitate the development of staff creating an effective team.
- To act as a role model.
To foster a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
To provide high quality, research based care whilst working as a Lead Nurse in Ophthalmology
To ensure that guidelines/protocols for Ophthalmic Nursing service are reviewed regularly and meet the needs of the service.
Contribute to the development of the Trusts Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
To implement the Trusts Nursing and Midwifery Strategy through the development and implementation of a strong nursing/midwifery strategy at SBU level.
To be responsible for implementing and monitoring the agreed trust quality indicators & KPI.
To be responsible for the implementation and progress monitoring of the corporate Patient Experience strategy within the SBUs.
Contribute to the business planning cycles in the SBUs, leading on nursing and patient experience issues.
Participate in SBU performance review meetings.
To be responsible for the professional leadership for Nursing and Midwifery in the SBUs, advising the Head of Nursing of key professional issues.
To work with the Head of Nursing/Head of Midwifery for Education and Practice Development Leads to ensure that the development of education
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full job description
This includes working clinical shifts, exact clinical duties to be decided based on clinical background and specialist interest. Support the Associate Director of Nursing by leading and developing nurses, nursing practice and the service.
- To develop and improve the patients pathway, in order to facilitate a seamless delivery of care, acting as a role model for excellent autonomous practice.
- Facilitate the delivery of clinical excellence by undertaking and leading clinical audit in this specialist area, leading in the development and implementation of change.
- To manage the ophthalmology nursing team in the provision of high quality, research based, nursing care that is patient and family focused.
- To manage the Eye Clinic and eye unit department effectively and efficiently within allocated resources.
- To ensure the effective utilisation of staff ensuring work arrangements off duty are focused on service need.
- To manage and facilitate the development of staff creating an effective team.
- To act as a role model.
To foster a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
To provide high quality, research based care whilst working as a Lead Nurse in Ophthalmology
To ensure that guidelines/protocols for Ophthalmic Nursing service are reviewed regularly and meet the needs of the service.
Contribute to the development of the Trusts Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
To implement the Trusts Nursing and Midwifery Strategy through the development and implementation of a strong nursing/midwifery strategy at SBU level.
To be responsible for implementing and monitoring the agreed trust quality indicators & KPI.
To be responsible for the implementation and progress monitoring of the corporate Patient Experience strategy within the SBUs.
Contribute to the business planning cycles in the SBUs, leading on nursing and patient experience issues.
Participate in SBU performance review meetings.
To be responsible for the professional leadership for Nursing and Midwifery in the SBUs, advising the Head of Nursing of key professional issues.
To work with the Head of Nursing/Head of Midwifery for Education and Practice Development Leads to ensure that the development of education
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level registration
- Evidence of continuing education and development
- Teaching qualification
- Management Qualification
Desirable
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years in ophthalmology specialty with 2 years at Band 7
- Demonstrate an up to date clinical credibility/competence
- Evidence of research based practice
- Evidence of project management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level registration
- Evidence of continuing education and development
- Teaching qualification
- Management Qualification
Desirable
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years in ophthalmology specialty with 2 years at Band 7
- Demonstrate an up to date clinical credibility/competence
- Evidence of research based practice
- Evidence of project management
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).
