Staff Nurse - Ophthalmology

We are looking for someone who has….

A real desire to make a positive difference for others. You’ll need to be able to confidently communicate with people, be able to build sound working relationships and have a friendly and professional approach to work. You’ll need to be able to work well on your own, and equally well as part of a team and demonstrate leaderships skills where necessary. Work can be fast paced so you’ll need to be well organised and be able to plan and prioritise your work as well as supporting Charge nurse in co-ordinations of work within the department. We’re open minded and embrace change, so please bring along your ideas and enthusiasm. And of course, you’ll need up to date professional registration.

All the details are in the job description, but in summary you will have a board and varied role as an Ophthalmic Staff Nurse. You’ll always be busy, but the work is interesting and rewarding and every day goes quickly! You’ll work closely with all disciplines of staff within the ophthalmic team to deliver the highest levels of nursing care to a range of patients’ within the ophthalmic out-patient department.

Once competency is obtained it will be necessary to undertake the following to support clinical activity:

• Instillation of eye drops
• A range of visual acuity testing
• Emergency triage of ophthalmic patients
• Assist in intravitreal treatment clinics / minor operations
• Pre-assessment of cataract patients, which includes the ability to perform general health assessments.
• Slit lamp examination / Applanation Tonometry
• Biometry (Contact & non- contact methods)
• Focimetry
• Auto refraction
• IV Cannulation and drug administration
• Undertake the consent process for a range of Ophthalmic Procedures
• Takes charge of the department when required providing co-ordination, organisation and proficiency in the efficient running of the clinics. Deputising for Ophthalmic Charge Nurse and colleagues.

Core working hours are Mon-Fri 8:00 to 17:30, Working a rotation of the weekly evening clinic until 19:30 and Saturdays 8:00 to 14:00, we currently do not work Sundays or Bank holidays, however if the need arises then we will be required to work.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital is located in Calow, Chesterfield, which is situated on a green field site on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It is home to the Crooked Spire and is also close to Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham, thus offering numerous choices for recreational activities and lifestyles.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital was officially opened by the queen in 1985 and since then it has continued to expand and modernise, currently holding approximately 550 beds. We provide acute in-patient and out-patient care for Chesterfield and the surrounding rural area of North Derbyshire, serving a population of approximately 350,000 people.

We are currently rated GOOD by the CQC.

The Benefits

We want you to be the best you can be. We will support you with training opportunities if parts of your job are new to you and career development options too.

• Employer and employee contributory pension scheme.
• Annual leave is 27 days per annum (pro rata) and rises with service plus bank holidays.
• Flexible working opportunities.
• Accessible local transport.
• Access to the cycle to work scheme.
• Onsite parking facilities.

Not only this but we also offer a range of health, lifestyle and financial wellbeing benefits, which can be viewed at https://intranet.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/staff_wellbeing/index

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.

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