Job summary
- Main area
- Staff Nurse/ Allied health Professional - Ophthalmology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Secondment: 6 months (development post)
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week (rota)
- Job ref
- 229-SUR-7197300
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- WVT, County Hospital
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/06/2025 08:00
Employer heading
IVT Development Role Ophthalmology (INTERNAL)
Band 5
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Job overview
***INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY***
The Victoria Eye Unit is looking for an enthusiastic registered nurse or allied health professional to join our team in a busy Ophthalmology Department. The intravitreal service is a continually expanding service and we are looking for an enthusiastic individual to develop into the role as an intravitreal injector.
Ophthalmology experience is desirable as training for the right candidate will be provided.
We welcome applications from individuals that hold a UK NMC registration or HCPC registration
Main duties of the job
To deliver patient centred care to Ophthalmic patients within the retinal service.
Develop practical and theoretical knowledge to ensure competencies in the intravitreal injection/retinal service.
Provide health education to patients and relatives, which promotes the health and well being of patients.
Achieve high standards of care in accordance with policies and procedures.
Deliver evidenced based care, promoting best clinical and professional practice.
The ability to work within a multidisciplinary team of consultants, speciality doctors, trainee surgical doctors, orthoptists, optometrists, imaging technicians and theatre team, to ensure continuity of care.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role and responsibilities.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level Registered nurse/ Allied health Professional with HCPC registration.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
- Post registration qualification within specialty or equivalent level of experience
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Provide and receive complex/sensitive information
- Awareness of own development needs
- Analytical and judgmental skills requiring analysis
Desirable criteria
- Venepuncture, IV Bolus administration and Peripheral Cannulation or willingness to learn
- Knowledge of audit process and quality monitoring
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience within Ophthalmic setting
- Ophthalmology Outpatient experience
- Experience of teaching within clinical areas
- Experience of implementing change
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Webster-Wilkes
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432 355444
- Additional information
please contact the unit on extension 5528
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