Job summary
Employer heading
Ophthalmic Practitioner
Band 5
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Ophthalmic Practitioner who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.
This is an exciting time for the Isle of Wight Ophthalmology department as we are undergoing a transformation in line with the elective recovery program and Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT). We have been reviewing our services and exploring new opportunities in the ways we can deliver our emergency, outpatient and elective pathways and we are looking for an enthusiastic Ophthalmic Practitioner/Nurse to join this gold standard, committed team.
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Working for our organisation
the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The overall job purpose of the ophthalmic deputy Sister is to support the Ophthalmology Lead Nurse in providing expert clinical and managerial leadership to the nursing and multidisciplinary team. This includes acting as a support to the expert clinical leader liaising, guiding, and advising the multidisciplinary team in the provision of optimum patient care/ experience in the absence of the Band 7.
This will require you to work with the team in the development and delivery of continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring that key performance indicators, quality, and safety standards relevant to the service are delivered.
Our service consists of a gold standard and dedicates multi-disciplinary team supporting our local population through a range of condition specific outpatients’ clinics, ophthalmic emergencies, Intravitreal injections and minor procedures, daily elective surgery in our newly built designated theatre, and developing our cataract service to meet GIRFT recommendations.
Are you a band 5 with ophthalmology and eye surgery experience currently working within in this speciality? Are you looking for a new challenge and enjoy working with teams to develop services and yourself?
Are you highly motivated, enthusiastic, and dedicated to improving clinical practice with innovative ideas? Do you enjoy working with others to effect change and are passionate about delivering a quality service, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or Registered ODP with current HCPC registration
- Evidence of relevant post registration professional development
- Able to make judgements based on evidence based practice and translate this for use in clinical setting
- To be able to demonstrate understanding of current developments in the NHS and their implications for nursing and quality care for patients
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Massey
- Job title
- Ophthalmology Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
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