Clinical Nurse Specilaist Opthamology | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in London is recruiting a Nurse Ophthalmic Intravitreal Injector to provide clinical care to ophthalmic patients. The successful candidate will manage retina follow-up clinics and work closely with specialty consultants to develop nurse-led services. The role involves teaching, clinical auditing, and ensuring high standards of patient care. This position requires a Registered Nurse qualification with expertise in administering intravitreal injections and managing outpatient clinics.

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with experience in ophthalmology.
• Competency in administering intravitreal injections is essential.
• Must demonstrate ability to manage medical retina follow-up clinics.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support medical retina follow-up clinics.
• Work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist diagnosing and managing patients.
• Train junior nurse injectors and ensure compliance with procedures.

Skills

Clinical nursing knowledge

Administering intravitreal injections

Teaching and training

IT proficiency for clinical documentation

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

This post is for a nurse ophthalmic Intravitreal Injector who will work as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team providing clinical care to ophthalmic patients. The successful candidate will work alongside the Specialty Consultants to develop the nurse-led injection service at North Middlesex University Hospital and support the clinical development of the service and the nursing team. In addition to delivering injections, there will also be associated outpatient clinics such as casualty and follow up clinics for medical retina. The post holder will need to actively participate in teaching, training, and audits as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support medical retina follow up clinics under supervision and independently for patients with diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and other medical retina conditions.
• Work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Ophthalmology team to diagnose, manage, investigate, and discharge medical retina patients within agreed protocols. The patients always remain under the care of a named consultant ophthalmic surgeon.
• Work in collaboration with the Medical Retina Leads as well as supporting staff such as nurses and intravitreal injection coordinator/failsafe officer.
• Demonstrate highly developed clinical nursing knowledge and skills in administering intravitreal injections deemed competent to practice unsupervised.
• Ensure immediate access to advice from an ophthalmic specialist doctor whilst giving injections and that an ophthalmic specialist doctor is immediately available to manage any complications.
• Take up the role of training junior nurse injectors, including signing them off as competent at the end of the training period.
• Work with patients to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Able to use IT systems to keep clinical summaries and letters regarding consultations for nurse-led clinics to pass patient information to other health professionals such as general practitioners.
• Demonstrate and maintain expertise through professional development, implementation of evidence-based practice, and clinical supervision.
• Participate in the training and development of nursing and inter-professional staff.
• Work within the Clinical Nurse Specialist framework as set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Recognise own limitations in the provision of clinical care and urgency of patients’ needs.
• Be accountable for own professional actions and actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audits, and CPD.
• Work within Standards and guidelines of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, as well as national and local policies, protocols, and procedures.
• In conjunction with the Matron, ensure that policies and procedures are initiated, revised, developed, implemented, and reviewed regularly.
• Be familiar with and adhere to the policies and procedures of the Health Board.
• Participate fully in performance and development review (appraisal) and undertake Continuing Professional Development as required.
• Participate in surveys and audits as necessary to enable the Trust/Department to meet statutory requirements.
• Lead by example, providing mentorship and support, and demonstrate exemplary practice to all members of the nursing team.
• Promote a professional and positive environment conducive to high patient and staff morale, demonstrated by personal example and involvement in departmental activities.

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, offering hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. We provide a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, and the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is on-site. We also provide community services including a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield, supporting the Healthy Child Programme. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

Closing date: Monday 22 Sep 2025.