• Job Description

  Req#: C9343-25-0702?language=en&page=208&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nurse Clinical Specialist in the Acute Eye Service to join the Eye Unit Outpatients team at St Helier Hospital.

  Experience in ophthalmic nursing is desirable but not essential as training will be provide.

  The successful candidate will need to be enthusiastic, self-motivated and have good communication skills.

  The post holder will ensure provision of and be accountable for, the delivery of an efficient, high quality and caring clinical service across Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, which meets service and client requirements and encompasses a wide range of specialist expertise and client groups.

  If providing excellent nursing care and getting the basics right are important to you, this could be the ideal role for you!

  Main duties of the job

  • Responsible for supervising and coordinating junior members of staff
  • Expected to partake in clinical activity such as: eye casualty, retina, glaucoma, paediatric, minor ops and pre operative assessment.
  • Expected to oversee the clinical activity on both Epsom and St Helier sites, in the absence of senior manager
  • Expected to ensure that nursing care is patient focused and that patient dignity and privacy are maintained at all times
  • Taking an active role in maintaining effective communication with all disciplines, patients and relatives

  Specific ophthalmic nursing duties will include:

  • Visual Acuity including distant (all types) and near vision test
  • Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology of globe and surrounding structures
  • Patient education specific to compliance issues i.e. drop / ointment instillation and pre-op preparation in specific clinics
  • Care of ophthalmic instruments and sterilisation issues
  • Working in the clean rooms assisting clinicians with intravitreal injections and minor operations such as removal of chalazions
  • Autorefraction and Focimetry
  • Ocular hygiene and post-operative first dressings
  • Ocular swab

  About us

  St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

  After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

  Details

  Date posted

  07 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £42,939 to £50,697 a year pa Inclusive of HCAS

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  343-7300932-RB-SK

  Job locations

  St Helier

  Wythe Lane

  Carshalton

  SM15AA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please refer to attached job description, and person specification, for a full list of the main dutie

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please refer to attached job description, and person specification, for a full list of the main dutie

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered General Nurse
  • Evidence of CPD in Ophthalmology or acute eye service

  Desirable

  • Post-graduate Ophthalmic Qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive experience - registration experience in Ophthalmology or Acute Eye Service

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Strong knowledge of Ophthalmic Anatomy, conditions, and treatment
  • Competent in slit lamp examination, visual acuity and IOP measurement

  Skills

  Essential

  • Good verbal and written skills
  • Interpersonal & communication skills

  management

  Essential

  • Understanding of the principles of working within a team

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered General Nurse
  • Evidence of CPD in Ophthalmology or acute eye service

  Desirable

  • Post-graduate Ophthalmic Qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive experience - registration experience in Ophthalmology or Acute Eye Service

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Strong knowledge of Ophthalmic Anatomy, conditions, and treatment
  • Competent in slit lamp examination, visual acuity and IOP measurement

  Skills

  Essential

  • Good verbal and written skills
  • Interpersonal & communication skills

  management

  Essential

  • Understanding of the principles of working within a team

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  St Helier

  Wythe Lane

  Carshalton

  SM15AA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  St Helier

  Wythe Lane

  Carshalton

  SM15AA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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