Staff Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 36 hrs a week, Band
5. Registered Nurse post within our team in the Ophthalmology Outpatients Department in the new National Treatment Centre-Highland, Inverness to cover maternity leave.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and forward-thinking nurse to join us. You will be committed to the delivery of quality patient care with an ambition to ensure patients have the best experience possible when accessing our eye services.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Have excellent organisational skills with the ability to use their own initiative.
• Capacity to be flexible within the working environment and the ability to work with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
• Develop skills specific to ophthalmology, such as:
  • pre-assessment clinics
  • fundus fluorescein angiograms
  • optical testing equipment skills
  • and much more.
• Ensuring patients receive all the necessary tests required prior to seeing the clinician in clinic.

Experience of working in an ophthalmology setting is advantageous but not essential as full training will be given.

The department is open:
Monday to Friday 08:00-18.00 & Casualty Clinics at weekends and public holidays whereby you may be expected to work 1 or 2 weekend shifts a month.

RN (Adult) with current NMC registration

Informal enquiries to:
Christina Lloyd SCN or Shaun Wylie SSN

Email christina.lloyd2t shaun.wyliet

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and social care values.