Job overview

The Ophthalmology Outpatient Department have a vacancy for a full time Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse with at least 2 years current nursing care experience in an elective, trauma or outpatient ophthalmology setting. 

The post is available full time  - 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. The shift pattern is currently over four long days (8-6pm three days per week and one shift of 8.30-6.00pm) .  

The post holder will act as a positive role model, promote effective teamwork and encourage continuous development in the department.

Alongside the Senior Sister, the post holder will be responsible for the assessment of patient care needs, and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. You will work as a deputy for the Department Senior Sister in supporting the performance management of the nursing team as well as supporting the co-ordination and facilitating the educational and development needs of staff in their clinical practice appropriate to the clinic environment. 

The post holder will also be expected to undertake expanded practice competencies to become a practitioner in our intrevitreal injection service due to the  increasing demand in treatment for people with eye conditions such as diabetic macular oedema, retina vein occlusion and age-related macular degeneration. 

Informal visits are actively encouraged to understand this role as part of your application process. 

Main duties of the job

You will take overall responsibility for all patients in the department in the absence of the Senior Sister ensuring they are appropriately assessed, management plans are in place and the care they receive is effective, compassionate and of the best quality.  You will regularly take charge of the department and be responsible for supervising others and evaluating the care patients receive.

The post holder will have the:

• Ability to assess patients, plan care for a group of patients, deliver care and evaluate the effectiveness of care given.
• Ability to organise own workload whilst supervising others.
• Good analytical skills for assessing and interpreting acute and other complex patient conditions, recognize deterioration and take appropriate action.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Good self -awareness.
• Ability to develop professional relationships.
• Leadership skills including good interpersonal and communication skills.
• IT skills

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk