Registered Nurse - Eye Theatre

Esneft; Colchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital trusts in the UK seeks a Theatre Staff Nurse dedicated to high-quality patient care during ophthalmic surgeries. The role involves preparing sterile fields, managing instruments, and ensuring patient safety. Join a team that values professional development and offers a range of benefits including a generous pension scheme and access to NHS discounts.

Benefits

27 days annual leave on commencement

Flexible working options

NHS discounts

Generous pension scheme

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a focus on ophthalmic care.
• Knowledge of infection control standards.
• Commitment to professional development.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain the sterile field during surgical procedures.
• Support the ophthalmic surgeon throughout the procedure.
• Manage care needs assessment and implement care plans.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Expert Knowledge of Aseptic Techniques

Critical Thinking

Teamwork

Education

Nursing Degree

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

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The Theatre Staff nurse plays a pivotal role in the delivery of safe, effective, and high quality care during ophthalmic surgical procedures. As a key member of the perioperative team, the post holder is responsible for preparing and maintaining the sterile field, managing surgical instruments and consumables, and directly supporting the ophthalmic surgeon throughout procedure.

This role requires a high level of attention to detail, expert knowledge of aseptic techniques, and specialised skills in ophthalmic surgery. The Theatre staff nurse ensures patient safety and comfort,

Upholds infection control standards, and contributes to smooth running of the theatre environment.

The nurse must demonstrate excellent communication, critical thinking, and teamwork skills, and be committed to continuous professional development in line with current clinical practices and regulatory standards.

You will be responsible for assessment of care needs of patients, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes with direct supervision. At times they will have management responsibility for being in-charge of the ward and supervising junior members of staff.

You will be a key member in relation to the development of practice in the clinical area. They will be working independently/autonomously and at times without direct supervision, accountable for their own professional actions.

Ensuring the safety and well-being of service users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lerio Dayaon Job title: Lead Sister Email address: [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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