Job summary
Working Hours - 37.5 hours per week
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Ophthalmology Nurse Manager to join our Ophthalmology Department at The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The successful candidate is required to be driven on delivering patient care and providing a quality service, and act appropriately to the changing needs of those accessing the service.
The department consists of a 7 bedded Ophthalmology Day Ward, and an Outpatient Department including the services, AMD, non-AMD, Glaucoma, Triage, Retinal, Corneal, Preoperative clinics, Oculoplastic and CNS clinics. Our services operate with 8 consultants covering all areas of the Ophthalmology speciality.
The Ophthalmology nurse manager will help assess, plan, and implement services within the department for staff and services users, and will provide clinical and managerial leadership to staff and students.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing ongoing risks, governance and be able to regularly review risk registers, and make changes as necessary for the service.
If you are enthusiastic and have a passion for Ophthalmology and are able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills have a calm temperament who works well under pressure and have the ability to drive services, and good at problem solving this could be the job for you.
Main duties of the job
The main aspects of the role include but not limited to:-
- Leadership and Management of the department and the team.
- Governance and Risk management.
- Budget planning and management.
- Teaching and education of new starters and students.
- Further education and training of current workforce.
- Rostering.
- All aspects of attendance management.
- Liaising with wider hospital teams to ensure working in collaboration
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Diploma/ Degree or equivalent
- Management qualification or equivalent
- Teaching and assessing qualification 998 /997 / mentorship or equivalent
- Advanced Communication Skills Training course
- Ophthalmology Additional Qualifications
Desirable
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Speciality knowledge and experience
- Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting.
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives
- Initiation and implementation of change.
- Relevant Post Registration clinical experience
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Diploma/ Degree or equivalent
- Management qualification or equivalent
- Teaching and assessing qualification 998 /997 / mentorship or equivalent
- Advanced Communication Skills Training course
- Ophthalmology Additional Qualifications
Desirable
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Speciality knowledge and experience
- Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting.
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives
- Initiation and implementation of change.
- Relevant Post Registration clinical experience
Desirable
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
