Ophthalmic Nurse Practitioner | University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Role Overview

As the nurse practitioner within the defined sphere of practice the post holder will undertake a range of duties to ensure the effective delivery of care, including undertaking specialist procedures and providing specialist advice and ongoing support to the client group. The post holder is responsible for initiating treatments for patients against agreed protocols and guidelines, in the absence of a medical practitioner.

• Actively support patients and their families, communicating difficult and complex information using a variety of methods to ensure effective understanding, including overcoming language barriers and ensuring that patients have an adequate understanding in order to consent for treatments/surgery.
• Have an in‑depth understanding of ophthalmic anatomy and physiology, ophthalmic conditions, their treatments and the equipment used, and regularly convey this understanding to medical and nursing staff and patients and carers on a day‑to‑day basis.
• Assess patients attending nurse‑led clinics and initiate treatments based on presenting factors using guidelines for practice.
• Manage and prioritise own workload against the needs of patients and service requirements.
• Undertake a range of highly developed physical skills to include performing intravitreal injections.
• Provide direct specialist care to a defined group of ophthalmic patients.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – our partnership is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff across five main hospital sites, including the Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Goole and District Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our partnership and our community. We welcome applications from all candidates, including those who may require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship. All applications are considered in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the  website.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may close earlier than stated. This advert closes on Friday 16 Jan 2026.