Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (rota)
- Job ref
- 229-SUR-8289986
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ophthalmology Outpatients
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 Salary is dependant on experience pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse Ophthalmology
Band 5
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Job overview
The Victoria Eye Unit is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse to join our friendly team within our Ophthalmology Department and Ophthalmology Theatres.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career in a rewarding and expanding specialty, gaining experience across ophthalmology outpatients, day surgery, peripheral clinics, and specialist theatre services.
We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in ophthalmology theatres, ophthalmology outpatient services, or both. However, applicants with theatre or outpatient experience from other specialties are also encouraged to apply.
The successful candidate will be supported through a comprehensive induction programme, ongoing education, and competency-based training to develop specialist ophthalmic knowledge and skills.
If you are passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and are looking for a role that offers variety, professional development, and the opportunity to work across both ophthalmology theatres and department services, we would love to hear from you.
Applicants must hold current UK NMC registration.
Main duties of the job
The Victoria Eye Unit is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse to join our friendly and dynamic team within our busy Ophthalmology Department and Ophthalmology Theatres.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a rewarding and expanding specialty, gaining experience across ophthalmology outpatients, day surgery, peripheral clinics and specialist ophthalmic theatre services. You will work as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality, patient-centred care throughout the patient pathway.
We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with experience in ophthalmology theatres, ophthalmology outpatient services, or both. However, applications are also welcomed from nurses with previous theatre or outpatient experience in other specialties who are keen to develop a career in ophthalmology.
The successful candidate will be supported through a comprehensive induction programme, ongoing professional development and competency-based training to build specialist ophthalmic knowledge and skills.
If you are passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and are looking for a varied role that offers opportunities to work across both ophthalmology theatres and department services, we would love to hear from you.
Applicants must hold current UK NMC registration and share our commitment to delivering safe, effective and compassionate 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.
Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.
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
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level Registered nurse
- Practice Assessor
Desirable criteria
- Post registration qualification within specialty or equivalent level of experience
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Venepuncture, IV Bolus administration and Peripheral Cannulation or willingness to learn
- Provide and receive complex/sensitive information
- Awareness of own development needs
Desirable criteria
- Leadership ability
Experience
Essential criteria
- theatre or outpatient experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience within relevant clinical area
- General Outpatient experience
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
extension 5528
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