Staff Nurse – Eye Casualty

JOB OVERVIEW

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic NMC registered Nurse, preferably with experience within an acute hospital setting – this could be surgical, acute admissions or even children’s nurses.
We will provide extensive in-house training in order to assist you in developing the skills required to fulfil this role. No previous ophthalmology experience is required but a keen interest in the speciality is desirable.

We are an eye emergency service providing a telephone triage and emergency walk in service for patients 7 days a week. We do not cover nights.

We see on average 1600 patients a month – both adults and children. As a large regional unit we see referrals to eye casualty from surrounding hospitals including private and independent sector eye units who do not have an emergency service to manage complex eye emergencies.

If you are currently an overseas nurse – please do not apply for this post and instead send your CV to internationalrecruitment@uhs.nhs.uk

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.