Job summary
Exciting Opportunity: Clinical Nurse Specialist - Glaucoma
Are you a passionate and driven Glaucoma nurse specialist eager to elevate your career? Look no further! Situated amidst the breath taking landscapes of Cumbria, NCIC offers the ideal combination of professional challenge and exceptional lifestyle balance.
Join our fast-paced, innovative Ophthalmology Unit--a forward-thinking team dedicated to delivering top-tier, evidence-based care. We're searching for a dynamic, motivated practitioner with a proactive approach to glaucoma management who wants to make a real difference in the every day life Glaucoma patients.
If you're ready to push boundaries, advance Glaucoma care, and thrive in a supportive, inspiring environment, we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* Undertake a comprehensive assessment of the patient's physical, psychological, social and past ophthalmic history.
* Ophthalmic examination.
* Use of assessment or monitoring tools where indicated.
* Analysing and synthesising findings from any relevant assessments, tests and investigations.
* Request investigations appropriate to their scope of practice.
* Interpret specific investigations and act on investigation reports.
* Use appropriate guidelines and/or protocols where they exist. Present findings to an MDT forum and/or with other health and social care professionals.
* Determine frequency of review.
* Treatment and care to prevent/minimise secondary complications.
* Identification and management of deterioration.
* Medical emergencies commonly seen within the speciality.
* Health promotion including lifestyle choices.
* Advice and coach patient/client/carers about their condition, treatment options and health/lifestyle activities.
* Admit and discharge from speciality area, depending on patient need and relevant legislation. This includes referral to a range of appropriate health and social care professionals and agencies.
* Act as an expert clinical advisor for colleagues across a range of settings.
* Act as a resource or educator to others.
* Lead and/or contribute to the development and delivery of specialist education programmes.
* Will participate and collaborate in research and audit programmes related to the speciality.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
* Being a clinically led organisation
* Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
* A positive patient experience every time
* A great place to work
* Managing our money well
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:
* Active Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council.
* Postgraduate diploma/study at Level 7 incorporating clinical work based learning and has a core educational focus on the development of competence within their field of practice
* NST307 or equivalent.
Desirable:
* Master's Degree
* Non-medical Nurse prescriber.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential:
* Currently working in Clinical Nurse Specialist Post in ophthalmology speciality.
* Extensive post-registration clinical experience and practice.
* Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
* Will be expected to undertake any required skills training for the role.
* Must have knowledge of the Four Pillars of Practice and their application in the clinical environment.
* Has working knowledge of local and national Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist/ Advanced Practice agendas.
Desirable:
* Experience with eye emergency care.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential:
* Ability to work under own initiative and prioritise successfully.
* Confidence to work autonomously
* Ability to work under pressure and achieve tight deadlines
* Demonstrate a high degree of motivation and personal leadership.
* Maintains confidentiality at all times.
* Well developed IT skills.
* Demonstrates Integrity.
* Excellent communication skills
Desirable:
* Demonstrates autonomous working in current or previous Clinical Nurse Specialist Role
* Experience with cons/cataract clinics
Other Requirements
Essential:
* Holds a clean UK driving license.
* Is motivated and enthusiastic to develop within the ACNS role, to deliver the highest standard of patient care within the multi-professional, multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable:
* Demonstrates previous CPD in maintaining motivation and enthusiasm within a Clinical Nurse Specialist role.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, sex, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other personal characteristic.
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