Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nurse Clinical Specialist in the Acute Eye Service to join the Eye Unit Outpatients team at St Helier Hospital.
Experience in ophthalmic nursing is desirable but not essential as training will be provide.
The successful candidate will need to be enthusiastic, self-motivated and have good communication skills.
The post holder will ensure provision of and be accountable for, the delivery of an efficient, high quality and caring clinical service across Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, which meets service and client requirements and encompasses a wide range of specialist expertise and client groups.
If providing excellent nursing care and getting the basics right are important to you, this could be the ideal role for you!
Main duties of the job
1. Responsible for supervising and coordinating junior members of staff
2. Expected to partake in clinical activity such as: eye casualty, retina, glaucoma, paediatric, minor ops and pre operative assessment.
3. Expected to oversee the clinical activity on both Epsom and St Helier sites, in the absence of senior manager
4. Expected to ensure that nursing care is patient focused and that patient dignity and privacy are maintained at all times
5. Taking an active role in maintaining effective communication with all disciplines, patients and relatives
Specific ophthalmic nursing duties will include:
6. Visual Acuity including distant (all types) and near vision test
7. Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology of globe and surrounding structures
8. Patient education specific to compliance issues i.e. drop / ointment instillation and pre-op preparation in specific clinics
9. Care of ophthalmic instruments and sterilisation issues
10. Working in the clean rooms assisting clinicians with intravitreal injections and minor operations such as removal of chalazions
11. Autorefraction and Focimetry
12. Ocular hygiene and post-operative first dressings
13. Ocular swab
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description, and person specification, for a full list of the main dutie
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
14. Registered General Nurse
15. Evidence of CPD in Ophthalmology or acute eye service
Desirable criteria
16. Post-graduate Ophthalmic Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
17. Extensive experience - registration experience in Ophthalmology or Acute Eye Service
Knowledge
Essential criteria
18. Strong knowledge of Ophthalmic Anatomy, conditions, and treatment
19. Competent in slit lamp examination, visual acuity and IOP measurement
Skills
Essential criteria
20. Good verbal and written skills
21. Interpersonal & communication skills
management
Essential criteria
22. Understanding of the principles of working within a team
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Further details / informal visits contact
NameRamona LichiJob titleSenior SisterEmail addressTelephone number07917576288