Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 203-EL1259
- Employer
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Warwick and Stratford
- Town
- Warwick
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Ophthalmology Unit Manager
Band 7
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
Many of the roles we advertise have a requirement for a DBS check to be carried out. If you are successful for a role and it requires a DBS check the Trust will carry out the initial check and subscription to the DBS Update Service, however successful candidates will be expected to cover the associated costs . Details of this will be sent to successful candidates in their offer letter.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 3 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
We appreciate you completing the survey.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust currently have limited availability of car parking spaces, as such are operating a waiting list for new starters joining the organisation.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).
Visa Sponsorship
The Trust will only consider sponsoring staff for certain roles, however this will be considered on a case by case basis in line with current legislation. As an employer we are unable to offer sponsorship to all roles in particular we cannot offer sponsorship for roles below Band 5.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced, motivated, compassionate Ophthalmology Unit Manager to lead our busy eye unit.
You will be responsible for day to day running of clinics and staffing, ensuring that patients receive safe, timely and high quality care.
As a visible and approachable leader you will support and develop a multi disciplinary team, working closely with clinicians, Nurses and management to maintain a safe environment and drive service improvements.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse with strong leadership skills to make a real difference to patient care and staff wellbeing.
Main duties of the job
Establish, develop, maintain, monitor and facilitate the delivery of services at departmental level, across two sites ensuring services provided meet organisational objectives, divisional service strategies and quality accounts.
Working for our organisation
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
We appreciate you completing the survey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Result Areas:
Professional/Clinical
To provide strong visible leadership to all staff within the Department and across the organisation, ensuring that nursing practice is up to date, evidence based and cost effective.
To develop the outpatient teams, individuals and self to enhance performance, ensuring that staff training needs to meet organisational objectives are pursued through the principles of IPR and PDP and knowledge & skills framework, in accordance with Trust Policies and procedures.
To be responsible for own professional registration and ensure that all nurses working on the ward have valid NMC registration and practise in accordance with the NMC Code, Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives and in accordance to Trust policy, ensuring a robust system is in place to checking registered practitioners registration status.
Provide leadership for the implementation of the quality initiatives such as Essence of Care benchmarking.
Ensure a strong team focus on high quality, clinically effective healthcare that meet our patients’ needs, is embedded in ward culture.
Create and maintain a strong culture of Infection Prevention & Control awareness & practice and ensure robust systems are in place to measure IP&C standards, celebrate & share good practice and develop & review action plans to address deficiencies.
Develop, maintain and review annually the departments’ philosophy so that this continually reflects the aims of the team, division and organisation.
Develop and lead teams that seeks to actively resolve compliant/concerns at local level ensuring appropriate escalation of complaints, clinical incidents or near misses.
To be responsible for organising the Ophthalmology on-call roster.
Foster and embed a patient safety culture and participate in national and local patient safety work streams or campaigns to improve the patient’s environment and experience such as Patient Safety Thermometer.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First Level Nurse
- Degree in Professional Nursing/Health Studies
- Ophthalmology Post graduate certificate or equivalent experience
- ENB course in Medical Specialties
- Post-registration management qualification or equivalent experience
- ILS/ALS
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- ENB 998 or equivalent qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in nurse management
- Experience of change management
- Experience of general medicine
Desirable criteria
- A minimum of 2 year experience at band 6 within acute hospital setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Presentation skills and relevance to question
- Sound knowledge of evidence based practice
- Knowledge and experience of audit process
- Evidence of involvement in change management
- Sound resource (human and finance) management skills
Desirable criteria
- Some knowledge of business planning
- Experience of writing guidelines/protocols & policies
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Can demonstrate characteristics of effective leadership
- Demonstrates ability to motivate, train and develop staff
- Is innovative, positive and has ability to stimulate a productive team Able to set/achieve individual/team objectives and meet deadlines
- Able to role model both clinically & managerially
Other job requirements
Essential criteria
- Up to date with current NHS priorities and nursing issues
- Passes Occupational Health Clearance
- Flexible and adaptable in meeting changing service demand
Desirable criteria
- Experience of project work and report writing
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Harvinder Khera
- Job title
- Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01926 495321
- Additional information
ext 8092
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