Senior Charge Nurse/Sister/Nurse Injector

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning and provision of specialist ophthalmic nursing advice and carries out specialist nursing procedures, including surgical patients. The main part of the role is leading and co-ordinating the department team and delivering intravitreal injections as per rota.

Will provide clinical and managerial leadership to junior staff, students and may undertake research, lead clinical audits in own specialist area. They will assist the nurse in ensuring the effective running OPD and provide senior site cover when required (As per rota). This will ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

The successful candidate will be co-leading and working in our ophthalmic OPD clinics with the Matrons and lead nurse guidance. You will be responsible for making sure that patients receive a comprehensive and quality service, ensuring that they are informed and educated throughout.

The successful candidate must possess or have the willingness to acquire skills such as intravitreal injection and other ophthalmic skills and they will need to provide site cover during the week and weekends as required.

Main duties of the job

• Independently manage a group of patients within the ophthalmic speciality whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct care.
• Responsible for carrying out clinical ophthalmic practice within the designated clinical area, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
• Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
• Assist the unit manager in the effective running of the unit in accordance with Trust and local policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication for in-patients.
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
• Ensure staffs take precautions to minimise the risk of cross infection in relation to the safe disposal of body fluids (including blood).

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

EDUCATION

Essential criteria

• Degree in Nursing or equivalent qualification.
• Ophthalmic expertise across a range of ophthalmic procedures
• Intravitreal injection trained

Desirable criteria

• MSc qualification or working towards MSc.
• Management/Leadership qualification or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

• Minimum 2 years' experience as a charge nurse/sister.
• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
• Knowledge of budget management

Desirable criteria

• 2 years' experience as Nurse Injector

SKILLS / ABILITIES

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate professional knowledge and skill in ophthalmic practice
• Organisation, administrative and management skills.
• Teaching.
• Ability to lead a team.
• Experience of quality improvement, standard setting, benchmarking and audit

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of budget management

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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

• Job description (PDF, 541.1KB)
• Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 384.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)