Band 5 Ophthalmic Nurse

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Great Yarmouth; Presencial; GBP 26 000 - 32 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Great Yarmouth is seeking a dedicated ophthalmic professional to work within the ophthalmic day care service. You will assess, plan and implement specialist care and advice, delivering high quality pre, peri and post-operative care for cataract patients under local anaesthesia.

You will liaise with GPs and the multidisciplinary team to prepare patients for surgery, provide information and support to patients and relatives, and advocate for

Responsabilidades

• Assess, plan and implement specialist ophthalmic day care care and advice.
• Provide high quality pre-, peri- and post-operative care for cataract patients under local anaesthesia.
• Liaise with GPs and multidisciplinary team to prepare patients for surgery and to provide optimal health care needs.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

To work within the ophthalmic day care service being responsible for assessing, planning and implementing specialist care and advice. To ensure ophthalmic day care patients receive the highest quality pre, peri andpost-operative care based on accountable methods of practice., To assess the suitability of patients undergoing cataract surgery under local anaesthesia with particular regard to medical, psychological and psychosocial circumstances.To develop, implement and evaluate specialised programmes of care.To give specialist advice to patients and relatives on a range of ocular co-morbidity.To convey information to patients undergoing cataract surgery under local anaesthesia including pre, peri andpost-operative care, risks and benefits of the surgical procedure.To able to assist clinicians for conducting specialist clinics efficiently.To liaise With General Practitioners and other members of the multi-disciplinary team in preparing for patients surgery to provide the optimum in health care needs.To act as a patients advocate through effective support and information enabling them to make choices anddecisions concerning present and future treatment.

We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.