Band 5 Ophthalmic Nurse

Job overview

To work within the ophthalmic day care service being responsible for assessing, planning and implementing specialist care and advice. To ensure ophthalmic day care patients receive the highest quality pre, peri and post-operative care based on accountable methods of practice.

Main duties of the job

To assess the suitability of patients undergoing cataract surgery under local anaesthesia with particular regard to medical, psychological and psychosocial circumstances. To develop, implement and evaluate specialised programmes of care. To give specialist advice to patients and relatives on a range of ocular co-morbidity. To convey information to patients undergoing cataract surgery under local anaesthesia including pre, peri and post-operative care, risks and benefits of the surgical procedure. To able to assist clinicians for conducting specialist clinics efficiently. To liaise With General Practitioners and other members of the multi-disciplinary team in preparing for patients surgery to provide the optimum in health care needs. To act as a patients advocate through effective support and information enabling them to make choices and decisions concerning present and future treatment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assess the suitability of patients undergoing cataract surgery under local anaesthesia with particular regard to medical, psychological and psychosocial circumstances. To develop, implement and evaluate specialised programmes of care. To give specialist advice to patients and relatives on a range of ocular co-morbidity. To convey information to patients undergoing cataract surgery under local anaesthesia including pre, peri and post-operative care, risks and benefits of the surgical procedure. Discussing post-operative refractive options with patient’s, dependent on the refractive needs of the individual, incorporating issues of anisometropia (imbalance between eyes) and possible IOL exchange. To examine measure and calculate for the implantation of the intra-ocular lens, using the IOL master or Compact touch. To calculate patients glass prescription using focimetry. To measure Intra-ocular pressure using tonometry. To perform topography if appropriate for astigmatism. To ensure all calculations are printed in appropriate formulae dependent on refraction. To give specialist advice to patients on the options available regarding intended post-operative refraction. To able to assist clinicians for conducting specialist clinics efficiently. To liaise With General Practitioners and other members of the multi-disciplinary team in preparing for patients surgery to provide the optimum in health care needs. To act as a patients advocate through effective support and information enabling them to make choices and decisions concerning present and future treatment. To assist in providing a training package along with identifying the learning needs of the individual, of all student nurses in attendance on the ward using Pebble pad.

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.