Job summary
To act as professional role model/team leader, setting standards of practice, promoting clinical effectiveness both generally and within the specialty and creating opportunities for teaching others.
To effectively organise and manage the department, delegating responsibilities to other members of the team in a timely and effective manner.
To continue your development in managerial skills and lead the team in the absence of more senior staff.
Tuesday 08:00 - 18:00
Main duties of the job
Following appropriate training and assessment you will be expected to perform the clinical care duties:
* Visual Acuity
* Performing Fluorescein Angiograms, and Photodynamic Therapy
* Cannulation
* Venepuncture
Communication:
* The post holder will need to have excellent communication skills, being required to communicate effectively within the team; participate in motivating and supporting team members with the ability to supervise staff and students in the absence of more senior staff.
* They will act as a role model including mentor for learners and junior staff and participate in ward meetings to help to promote new ideas and to benefit care.
* The post holder will be in receipt of confidential and sensitive information and will deal with it according to Trust policy.
* The post holder will be responsible for setting up the clinic rooms.
Patient Care:
* The post holder will be responsible for providing direct patient care within the department; taking into account individual patient needs and prioritising effectively; ensuring that when a patient's condition is deteriorating this is communicated and reported to other members of the healthcare team and acted upon in a professional and timely manner.
Please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy for more main duties of the job.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
Date posted: 14 February 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year pa pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 387-S-6329-GB-C
Job locations: Paediatric Outpatients Department, Bristol Eye Hospital, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS1 2LX
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities Essential
* Demonstrate competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area
* Able to complete accurate and legible patient records
* Ability to teach students and untrained staff to develop skills
* Ability to take the lead, initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient
* Clinical decision making ability
* Competence in calculations for safe administration of medicines/fluids
* Act in a professional manner
* Self-motivated
* A team player
* Ability to adapt to change
* Motivated and flexible
* Ability to work a flexible shift pattern
Knowledge and Experience Essential
* Broad knowledge and experience of clinical nursing practice within a hospital environment
* Interest in the clinical area
Desirable
* Experience of teaching
* Experience of taking charge
Qualifications and Training Essential
* RSCN/RCN with current NMC Registration
Desirable
* Assessor Student Nurse/NVQ Assessor or willing to work towards
* Post registration qualification in Ophthalmic nursing
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address: Paediatric Outpatients Department, Bristol Eye Hospital, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS1 2LX
Employer's website: https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/
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