Job summary
- Main area
- Opthamology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Monday-Friday- variety of different start and finish times depending on work allocation
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours worked over 5 days)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7764649
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Ophthalmic specialist nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has risen for a highly motivated and experienced ophthalmic nurse to join our multidisciplinary team based at the Royal Free Hospital. You will have the opportunity to play a key role in providing world-class care to diverse range of ophthalmic patients. The role also provides opportunities for professional development with a focus on developing skills to deliver a nurse-led intravitreal injection service.
The Royal Free Ophthalmic services are located across 6 clinical sites based across London. Delivering clinical care, diagnostic checks and treatments for both adult and paediatric patients across various services which include outpatients, eye casualty, day surgery and pre-operative assessment. You will be required to work in an outpatient setting and Day surgery as required.
This post requires cross site cover, therefore, you must be flexible and adaptable to working at different clinical sites to support service needs. Shift patterns will vary depending on work allocation.
Possession of a full UK NMC registration with full NMC pin is essential.
Main duties of the job
The post holder must possess good leadership and communication skills and the ability to work autonomously. You will be designated to take charge of the department both in the out-patient and day surgery setting.
To work collaboratively and cohesively with the multidisciplinary team to meet the needs of patients and their families.
Provide specialist ophthalmic nursing care to patients by delivering evidence-based, individualised patient care according to patients changing healthcare needs.
Deliver specialist nurse care encompassing nurse led clinics e.g. Intravitreal injection, Fundus Fluorescein Angiography, Pre-operative assessment.
To take an active role within clinical governance and quality framework, helping to embed the culture of continuous improvement.
The role involves supervising junior staff, teaching qualified and unqualified staff, supporting development , progression and implementation of ophthalmic developments.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
Therapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full job description and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 1st level registration
- Evidence of a programme of study in the area of Ophthalmic practice
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Skills and knowledge in managing and supporting patients with Ophthalmic Nursing
- Knowledge of current advances in Ophthalmology patient management.
- Proven communication skills and ability to negotiate
- I.T. skills
- Ability to problem-solve and prioritise, and to work to deadlines.
- Ability to establish a role and develop collaborative working relationships with different teams
- An ability to organise and plan work-load
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial postregistration experience
- Experience as a Staff Nurse grade in a Ophthalmology setting
- Experience of Ophthalmology nursing
- Awareness of National Mandatory training requirements
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to carry out care without supervision
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Evidence of proven, ongoing professional development
- Ability to work under pressure
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracy Gavin
- Job title
- Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07799113234
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