# Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Eye Casualty/Ophthalmology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-nurse-practitioner-eye-casualtyophthalmology/f8ec2354-b1af-4916-a3c3-adc777edb372 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-nurse-practitioner-eye-casualtyophthalmology/f8ec2354-b1af-4916-a3c3-adc777edb372.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Berkshire Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-17T15:01:22.833Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Reading/Royal_Berkshire_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Eye_CasualtyOphthalmology/Eye_CasualtyOphthalmology-v8267134 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8267134?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 7 Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Eye Casualty/Ophthalmology PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Advanced Nurse Practitioner to work within our Ophthalmology department. The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing the patients at the first point of contact within Eye Casualty, providing autonomous practice which demonstrates high level of accountability at an advanced clinical level, delivering high-quality direct patient care, and providing treatment based on advanced clinical skills assessment and non-medical prescribing. The successful candidate will also support the Age-related Macular Degeneration, considering the role as an injector and also supporting clinical reviewing. The Advanced Nurse Practitioner should continuously seek to develop and implement improvement, meet key performance indicators, quality and safety standards relevant to the service. ### Main duties of the job Practise autonomously with a high level of accountability, delivering advanced clinical care and making complex decisions based on expert assessment, diagnostic reasoning and clinical management skills. Work in partnership with patients, families and carers, undertaking comprehensive history taking, holistic assessment, risk identification, mental health assessment, and the requesting, performance and interpretation of diagnostic investigations to determine health and care needs. Assess, diagnose and manage patients with a wide range of ophthalmic conditions, developing and implementing treatment plans within agreed protocols and scope of practice. Independently assess and manage patients attending AMD and Medical Retina services, interpreting OCT and retinal imaging, monitoring disease progression, determining treatment requirements in line with established pathways, providing patient education, and escalating complex cases where necessary. Independently assess, diagnose and treat patients presenting to Eye Casualty with urgent and emergency ophthalmic conditions. Prioritise care according to clinical need, initiate appropriate investigations and treatment, arrange follow up, and refer sight-threatening or complex presentations to medical staff. Practise as a Non-Medical Independent Prescriber, prescribing and monitoring treatments safely within professional standards, current legislation, local policies and Patient Group Directions (PGDs). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are looking for a talented individual who has excellent communication skills promoting high quality care and service delivery. The attached 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. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post-registration clinical experience with evidence of sustained professional development and a minimum of 3 years experience within Ophthalmology - Proven evidence of management ability and leadership **Desirable** - Evidence of existing clinical skills / procedures as per job description - Experience of Change Management - Post-registration clinical experience in Emergency Eye Care ### Education, Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Registered Nurse Adult (NMC) - Specialist post-graduate education/qualifications relevant to Ophthalmology - Demonstrable evidence of ability to study at Level 7 (either previous Level 6 or level 7 study) - Mentoring, Facilitating Workplace Learning or Clinical Supervision Qualification - Hold History Taking and Clinical Assessment module **Desirable** - Completed or completing Level 7 MSc, relevant to clinical area or speciality, or willing to undertake - Hold or able to undertake & register with professional regulatory body (NMC) as an Independent/Supplementary Prescriber - Leadership course/qualification ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 139.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=603) - [job description (pdf, 238.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10582144) - [relocation policy (pdf, 572.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1764) - [person specification (pdf, 238.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10582145) - [behaviours framework 2022 (pdf, 2.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2970) - [probation policy & procedure (pdf, 559.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1640) - [leadership behaviours framework (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2718) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.