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Macular Specialist Practitioner

Employer
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Bournemouth
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa
Closing date
8 Jun 2023

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Profession
Other Health Profession
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to develop our retina service, caring forpatients with macular and retia disease. We run one-stop and fast-track clinics including assessment, consultation and intravitreal injections treatment and also anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) lists.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate individual who is keen to develop their skills, with support from our experienced team. We provide a variety of learning experiences, such as intravitreal injections and assisting clinicians with consultation. Our nursing team work closely with medical staff, and other members of the multidisciplinary team, to provide a high standard of safe and effective care. Each shift has a senior team member in charge who provides support to the team, and organises patient flow to enable the clinics to run smoothly.

Excited? - Apply today. Come and join our friendly, motivated and supportive team on our Macular Suite. We look forward to hearing from you soon and and giving you an opportunity to follow a happy and rewarding career!

To arrange a informal visit, please contact:Lead Macular Practitioner, Mehrafarin Izadpanah Mehrafarin.Izadpanah@uhd.nhs.uk

Base Location: Bournemouth

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work within the Macular Suite, providing care in a clinic environment in the Eye Outpatient department. They will be given an individually tailored induction programme, where senior staff will support them to learn the skills required to care for our patients as a Band 6 Macular Nurse Practitioner. Our senior team will guide and support them to work through required competencies until skills are mastered and confidence gained to work more independently.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC registered / HCPC registered or AHP equivalent
  • Teaching and Assessing/Mentorship qualification or recognised teaching qualification.


Desirable

  • 1st level degree or working towards Management/Leadership Course Leadership and management qualification


Experience

Essential

  • 2 years Clinical experience within Ophthalmology
  • Evidence of multi- disciplinary working


Desirable

  • Evidence commitment to research based practice or evidence project work undertaken


Knowledge

Essential

  • Basic Ophthalmic condition and treatment


Desirable

  • Macular diseases and treatment knowledge


Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Bournemouth

BH7 7DW

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