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- First Level Registered Nurse
- Current/live registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council
- Qualification /Experience in teaching and assessing
- ENB 346 Ophthalmic Nursing or equivalent
- Willingness to undertake competencies to acquire the skills and knowledge to work independently
- Experience of working in an outpatient setting or Pre & post-operative care
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to document details clearly and accurately
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- IT Literate
- Good interpersonal skills and can deal with difficult/sensitive situations
- Willingness to undertake training and assessment for further clinical skills
- Recent experience nursing patients in an acute setting or recently completed a Return To Nursing course ? Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge and practice after qualification and Preceptorship ? Working within a multi-disciplinary team environment ? Experience within a range of patient/client care groups ? Evidence of continuing professional development. ? Further qualifications relevant to the role
- Ophthalmic or Outpatient skills
Staff Nurse - Swindon, United Kingdom - Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Description
***previous candidates need not apply***
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 with an interest in Ophthalmology to join our outpatient team, if you have an interest in Ophthalmology but no previous experience full training will be provided.
You will be given the opportunity to learn about the speciality within a safe environment and have the support of nursing colleagues, clinicians, and Consultants.
You will be involved in supporting with clinical skills and diagnostics including pre-operative clinics, Day surgery, you will be supported to develop your knowledge and clinical skills to use the various machines that are used to support diagnostics of the eye.
The post holder will contribute to the continuing development of standards of care including developments of nursing standards and monitoring of outcomes. The post holder will be expected to continue with their own professional development. About us Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
Service We will put our patients first
Teamwork We will work together
Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect We will act with integrity Job description Job responsibilities 1. To be an effective practitioner with the ability to develop clinical expertise in the care of patients in the outpatient setting. To include performing visual acuity, tear osmolarity tests, syringing of lachrymal ducts, instilling medication, removal of sutures, assisting medical staff in clinic/ minor operations and performing eye dressings, performing other ophthalmic diagnostic tests. Day surgery, Pre op clinics
2. Instillation of eye drops once fully competent and have achieved the competency standard
3. Act as second checker for patients undergoing intra vitreal injections
4. Opportunity at a later stage of undertaking nurse led intra vitreal injection clinics
5. Coordinate to support the Senior nurses
6. Telephone triage
7. To assist in the orientation and support of new staff and students to the unit, working together as a team
8. Plan, deliver and evaluate compassionate nursing care to meet the patients individualized needs
Please see full Job description and personal specification attached. Person Specification Qualifications Essential
Marlborough Road
Swindon
SN3 6BB Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply #J-18808-Ljbffr