Job overview

As the nurse practitioner within the defined sphere of practice the post holder will undertake a range of duties to ensure the effective delivery of care, including undertaking specialist procedures and providing specialist advice and ongoing support to the client group. The post holder is responsible for initiating treatments for patients against agreed protocols and guidelines, in the absence of a medical practitioner.

Main duties of the job

Actively supports patients and their families, through communicating difficult and complex information using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding. This will include overcoming language barriers and ensuring that patients have an adequate understanding in order to consent for treatments/surgery

 Has an in depth understanding of ophthalmic anatomy and physiology, ophthalmic conditions, their treatments and the equipment used. Regularly conveys this understanding to medical and nursing staff and patients and carers on a day to day basis.

Assesses patients attending nurse led clinics, and initiates treatments based on presenting factors using guidelines for practice.

Responsible for managing and prioritising own workload against the needs of patients and service requirements

Undertakes a range of highly developed physical skills to include performing intravitreal injections

Responsible for providing direct specialist care to a defined group of ophthalmic patients.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.Assesses patients attending nurse led clinics, and initiates treatments based on presenting factors using guidelines for practice.