To provide expert specialist nursing advice to patients, family and care givers and staff within the specialty of Ophthalmology at diagnosis, preadmission, surgery to follow up. This includes support, education, and surveillance of the Ophthalmology pathway. To facilitate, influence and expedite safe management, discharge and follow up.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• To ensure that all Mandatory/Statutory training is kept up to date.
• In accordance with the NMC code of Professional Conduct, act as an Ophthalmology Clinical Nurse Specialist and role model to other health professionals, demonstrating and providing expert nursing advice and advanced clinical assessment skills to patients, carers, staff, MDT discussions and treatment plans and reviews.
• Coordinate and manage a referral system and preadmission pathway for patients to ensure they are advanced through the clinical pathway seamlessly with minimal disruption and that they receive excellent communication prior to surgery. Liaising with internal and external stakeholders as required.
• To communicate with all stakeholders to ensure all preparations for theatre are coordinated and in place prior to theatre.
• To train and work as scrub nurse for Ophthalmology theatres when required to enable full understanding of the patient pathway and full engagement with every aspect of their experience. To maintain competence with regular theatre sessions as scrub nurse.
• To follow up patientsin day case to ensure patients are fully informed and to ensure all literature and advice reflects best practice and evidence-based practice. To support and supervise staff to enable them to deliver this consistently.
• To engage with the MDT in expansion plans to Ophthalmology work by working up safe care pathways to assist with the elective recovery backlog.
• To engage with investigations into complaints or where an incident leads to some significant learning for the hospital or individuals as required and participate in and support a culture of questioning and challenging clinical practice.
• To engage with clinical policy writing and SOPs in alignment with RUH clinical policies and guidelines and present them at CGRMC for sharing and ratification.
• To attend Ophthalmology specialty meetings to bring new information to share or learn from incidents or complaints or concerns.
• To practice a high level of GDPR and patient confidentiality.

For more information, please get in touch with Chris Taylor on +44(0) 203 411 5531 or email on chris@permanenthire.co.uk