Staff Nurse | NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata for part time roles

We are seeking an enthusiastic, flexible, and patient-focused Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our friendly Ophthalmology Outpatients team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a supportive and innovative service, delivering high-quality care to patients across a busy outpatient department.

Previous ophthalmology experience is not required. We welcome applications from nurses with a variety of clinical backgrounds who are eager to learn and develop within this rewarding specialty. Full training and support will be provided

No two days are the same in Ophthalmology. You will gain a wide range of specialist skills and knowledge while working alongside experienced multidisciplinary teams. Our dedicated Ophthalmic Educator will support your learning, competency development, and career progression

The role includes working across Bristol Eye Hospital and our outreach sites, including South Bristol Community Hospital, Weston General Hospital, and our new Patchway Clinic at Cribbs Causeway

This post is predominantly Monday to Friday, with no routine night shifts or weekend working, although occasional weekend work may be required to support service needs.

If you are a motivated nurse who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about delivering excellent patient care.

The post holder will need to have excellent communication skills, being required to communicate effectively within the team; participate in motivating and supporting team members with the ability to supervise staff and students in the absence of more senior staff.

They will act as a role model including mentor for learners and junior staff and participate in ward meetings to help to promote new ideas and to benefit care.

The post holder will be in receipt of confidential and sensitive information and will deal with it according to Trust policy.

The post holder will be responsible for setting up the clinic rooms.

The post holder will work with senior nurses to develop management skills, leading the team and organising the workload for an area of the department.

They will respond positively and act promptly to resolve problems/issues for patients/carers, utilising complaints procedures and PALs where appropriate.

They will support the ward manager with effective use of resources e.g. staffing, supplies and stores.

T The post holder will have an awareness of the Major Incident Policy

Be in charge of the daily shifts

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Working in outreach sites if needed

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

The post holder will need to have excellent communication skills, being required to communicate effectively within the team; participating in motivating and supporting team members with the ability to supervise staff and students in the absence of more senior staff.

They will act as a role model including mentor for learners and junior staff and participate in…