An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic individual to work within our Ophthalmic Casualty and Injection Service in the Ophthalmology Department at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

We are offering an opportunity for the right candidates to join our team . This post is a fantastic opportunity for experienced nurse practitioners with or without eye experience who have the willingness and drive to develop their ophthalmic knowledge and skills or a nurse interested in developing advanced clinical skills. We are in search of a candidate who can offer added value to our existing team. We are looking for someone to share our passion for patient centred care, someone who is willing to work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide innovative, efficient, joined up care to our patients. The successful candidate will be someone who can support others to develop their ophthalmic knowledge and skills.If you have the drive to provide an excellent patient experience, and enthusiasm for personal and professional development, we are waiting to hear from you.If you do not have the skills in ophthalmology for the band 7 role we will offer a band 6 with progression to a Band 7 when trained and competent.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

• oDegree in Nursing or working towards or demonstrable experience
• oHold a record of continuous personal, professional and academic development.
• oClinical skills or willing to work towards
• oNon-medical prescribing or willing to work towards
• oSignificant and current experience within a health environment as a registered nurse

Desirable

• Recognised teaching certificate

Experience

Essential

• o NMC Registration
• Dealing with the public.
• Experience working with photographic equipment, computers, data handling, and interpretation of results.
• Technical
• Good IT skills and experience in using software packages.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• oDemonstrable advanced level of knowledge in the area of Ophthalmology
• oAbility to lead/manage staff and the service to optimise resources and patient outcomes.
• oAnalytical and judgmental skills
• oComplex problem solving and assessment skills
• oAdvanced communication and interpersonal skills.
• oExcellent time management skills
• oAbility to work under pressure
• oAbility to work independently
• oChange management
• oAble to negotiate with and influence the work of staff who are not managed within the team.
• oAbility to work autonomously or as a member of a team, as well as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team
• oAppropriate teaching skills.
• oExcellent IT, report writing and presentational skills.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Self-awareness.
• Committed to team working.
• Motivated and enthusiastic.
• Integrity
• Compassion
• Awareness of own behaviour on patient care/experience.
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual whenever necessary.
• Motivated.
• Uses initiative

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

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