Band 6 Ophthalmology Nurse

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust seeks a Band 6 Registered Nurse to join ophthalmology services across multiple sites. You will lead clinical areas, mentor junior staff, and coordinate patient care from outpatients to day-case surgery.

You will drive safe, personalised care, manage workloads, and support professional development while collaborating with clinicians and service managers in a busy ophthalmology department.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current UK/NMC registration.
• Experience in ophthalmology or eye care where possible.
• Proven leadership, teaching and coaching abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic patient care.
• Provide leadership and supervise staff across service areas.
• Support training, teach and assess junior staff.
• Contribute to service improvements and attend relevant meetings.
• Work across Royal Blackburn, Burnley General, St Peters Health Centre and Clitheroe Hospital.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Mentorship

Team player

IT skills

Record keeping

Prioritise workload

Communication

Adaptability

Autonomous working

Education

NMC registered nurse

Ophthalmology experience

Job description

You will work in our ophthalmology services with cross site, rotational working as we require through all our service departments from outpatients to our surgery day case. Outpatient services - you will work in and manage our nurse led specialist clinic services. You will provide leadership and coordinating duties to support our patients and clinicians, as well as supporting our healthcare assistant conducting various visual assessments, diagnostic tests and imaging clinics. Day Case unit - you will support patients preparing for ophthalmic surgery; ensuring they receive safe, personal and effective care throughout their stay and act as the patients' advocate. You will demonstrate a passion for improving the patient and relative experience and have a sound clinical knowledge base. In addition to this, you will possess well developed communication skills that will be used to engage, inspire and motivate both staff and patients in the clinical area. Good time management skills are essential, as is the ability to prioritise your workload. You will support training programs, teach and assess competence of junior staff in the service and support professional development of the team and self. You will participate in improvements and attend relevant service meetings.Working for our organisation Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements. Our Ophthalmology services are spread across three main sites, the Royal Blackburn and Burnley general hospital and the St Peters centre Burnley. We also run a peripheral clinic based at Clitheroe community hospital. Outpatient services - Monday to Friday 8am till 17.00 / 18.00 Day case Monday to Friday 0730 - 1800/1900 with commitment to covering 0830 - 1400 Saturday and Sunday as part of a team roster. There is opportunity to offer flexible working arrangements where services allow., To assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic, individualised patient care. Carry out all forms of patient care without direct supervision. To provide advice and support junior staff and learners in all aspects of delivering Safe, Personal and Effective Care across all our service areas; The Royal Blackburn Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, St Peters Health Centre and Clitheroe Hospital. Ability to demonstrate the Trust Values, Behaviours and Attitudes at all times.

• Registered Nurse
• Mentorship Qualification
• Proven ability to work within a team and supportive of team members
• Have Information technology skills /computer and keyboard.
• Clear and accurate record keeping, written and verbal skills.
• Able to prioritise workload.
• Actively seeks to develop own skills and clinical knowledge.
• Willingness to undertake future self-development and for service need.
• Maintain confidentiality & act professionally.
• Ability to coach/support others.
• Ability to work with change and have a flexible attitude.
• Ability to work within and be an effective member of a team.
• Work at pace, in busy service.
• Ability to listen actively and reflect on one's own work.
• Demonstrate a compassionate / sensitive approach to speaking to colleagues, staff and patients.
• Good attendance and punctuality
• Ability to work flexibly across sites when service need demands.
• Able to work autonomously and use own initiative.

Desirable criteria

• Ophthalmology Qualifications/Willingness to complete
• Certificate at degree level in nursing or equivalent
• Ophthalmology Experience, Registered Nurse, Ophthalmology Experience, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., An exciting development opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a band 6 registered nurse for Ophthalmology services at ELHT.

We can offer you an interesting and varied career, where you will always be supported and appreciated. You will be working with a talented group of dedicated decision makers, and you can expect a personalised induction and orientation package with excellent personal development plans supported by our services designated practice education facilitator. Our behaviour framework We're looking for people who want to make a positive difference. You'll make it happen by taking responsibility, building trust and respect and working together to deliver excellence to our service users. Where we can, we also like to keep things simple so that we all contribute to making ELHT an effective, positive and