Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-JLM490
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley park hospital
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £55,877 - £62,626 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Matron - Eye Treatment Centre
Band 8a
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, experienced, and forward-thinking nurse to lead and enhance the Ophthalmology services at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. This pivotal role offers the chance to contribute to the strategic and operational development of a busy and diverse multi-site service.
The Ophthalmology department includes high-volume outpatient clinics, orthoptic services, pre-operative assessment, laser treatments, and dedicated ophthalmology operating theatres. Notably, our Heatherwood site hosts a nationally recognised High Volume Low Complexity (HVLC) cataract surgery centre.
The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the Senior Nursing Team, Service Managers, Orthoptic Lead, Ophthalmology Consultants, and the wider multidisciplinary team. Their primary focus will be to ensure consistent, high-quality patient care and to support and develop the nursing workforce to uphold and exceed world-class standards of care and patient experience.
Main duties of the job
This is an excellent opportunity for a registered nurse with extensive ophthalmology experience including advanced ophthalmic nursing practice to work strategically within a busy and complex Trust.
The successful candidate will have specific clinical sessions within the ophthalmology service as well as time to lead and assist in the development of the wider ophthalmology service.
We are looking for someone with a passion for quality improvement who, through strong leadership, can deliver the strategic objectives of the speciality. Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential, with the ability to motivate others, to identify innovative ways of working and enact positive change.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY RESULT AREAS:
Professional/ Clinical
• To provide an innovative, creative, and developmental style of management promoting patient centred practice.
• To implement initiatives using best practice guidelines, i.e. nurse led clinics for ophthalmic trained and non-ophthalmic trained nursing staff.
• To ensure all staff members and oneself to keep up to date with current evidence based clinical practice and research and comply with professional guidelines
• To represent the department on Trust wide meetings.
• To be flexible and adaptable in order to respond to the clinical needs of the Trust and its users.
• To ensure that all staff adhere to infection control policy and best practice.
• To initiate actions relating to cleanliness, patient environment and infection control
• Work proactively to address, investigate, action and respond to adverse events and complaints.
• Ensure that all staff treat patients with Privacy and Respect.
Managerial /Leadership and Clinical Governance
• To provide highly visible, clear, strong, facilitative, and effective leadership offering support and advice to Ophthalmic Practitioners, Nursing Team, Orthoptists and Junior doctors, flagging any concerns to the AHP consultant/Lead ophthalmologist
• To act as a professional role model working with the AHP Consultant to facilitate the development of the skills in ophthalmology for oneself and the clinical team. Lead by example to motivate and empower others, ensuring the highest standards of care.
• To lead in the promotion of the fundamental aspects of patient care measuring baselines, comparing practices, and sharing best practice to improve the patient experience.
• Demonstrate an ability to work across organisational and professional boundaries.
• To actively engage in Clinical Governance Forums and Audit and ensuring that the principles of clinical governance are implemented at local level.
• To assist in developing, utilising, and implementing new protocols and guidelines in line with Trust Policy.
• To facilitate changes in clinical areas, teams, and patient workload.
• To provide and preserve a positive reputation, providing a clinically credible workforce with a high level of motivation
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Senior Ophthalmic Nurse
- Teaching and assessing qualification/ Mentorship/Assessor qualification
- Management/Leadership Qualification or development programme or /working towards
- Educated to degree level or working towards or equivalent experience.
Experience and skills
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience at band 7
- Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care protocols and audits.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working, demonstrating the ability to work across professional boundaries, acknowledging their unique skills and knowledge.
- Evidence of relevant leadership in meeting clinical governance objectives.
- Good knowledge of infection control, Privacy and Dignity, Clinical Risk, Clinical Governance and Safety Issues.
Personal qualities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, ability to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patients/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information.
- Ability to demonstrate resilience under situational pressure, professional challenge and change.
- Ability to evaluate care leading to improvement in quality standards and service improvement
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Lorraine North
- Job title
- Head of Ophthalmology Services and Strategy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07824147471
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