Professional & Practice Development Practitioner (Ophthalmology)

Hywel Dda University Health Board; Carmarthen; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Hywel Dda University Health Board seeks a Professional & Practice Development Practitioner (Ophthalmology) to enhance training for staff and improve patient care. This entry-level role is open to registered Nurses, Optometrists, and Orthoptists, offering part-time arrangements. The successful candidate will work collaboratively across various sites.

Qualifications

• Qualification as a Nurse, Optometrist or Orthoptist is required.
• Experience in professional development and training is desirable.
• Ability to engage in bilingual practice preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support colleagues undergoing training and induction.
• Lead specific work streams to align with national objectives.
• Manage collaborative efforts to enhance patient care.

Skills

Interprofessional collaboration

Patient care improvement

Training support

Bilingual (Welsh/English)

Education

Registered Nurse, Optometrist or Orthoptist

Job description

Professional & Practice Development Practitioner (Ophthalmology)

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Job Overview

The Ophthalmology service at Hywel Dda University Health Board is looking for an ideal candidate to occupy the newly created post for a Professional and Practice Development Practitioner within the service, and support colleagues developing in their roles and careers.

Job Overview

The Ophthalmology service at Hywel Dda University Health Board is looking for an ideal candidate to occupy the newly created post for a Professional and Practice Development Practitioner within the service, and support colleagues developing in their roles and careers.

This role is open to Nurses, Optometrists and Orthoptists, and it is for 34 hours per week, although other part-time arrangements could potentially be considered for the right candidate.

If you have a passion for education and would like to develop your career in this direction, please consider applying for this post. Support will be given with education where required.

The successful candidate will be expected to travel between sites frequently, supporting colleagues undergoing Induction, Agored or OPT training closely, and working together with the unit managers to support training organisation and delivery. Hybrid ways of working could be supported as part of the role.

Main duties of the job

The Professional and Practice Development Practitioner (Ophthalmology) will contribute to the strategic goals of the Ophthalmology team to deliver safe, effective, evidence-based and prudent care.

The postholder will take a lead role on specific work streams and will work with key staff to take forward work programmes that are aligned with national and HDUHB-wide objectives.

The postholder will apply the key principles of professional and practice development by focusing on the improvement of patient care and safety through adoption of a range of approaches working largely within the different parts of the service. Key to this is the active engagement of practitioners and clinicians working in a collaborative interprofessional way.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Interviews to be held on 27/06/2025

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.

Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.

Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).

Community facilities, including:

48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.

By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).

These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)

If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

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