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Staff Nurse - Outpatient Department

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Location
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum, (Pro Rata)
Profession
Nurse (adult and children)
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
02 Jan 2025
Contract Type
Permanent: Monday-Saturday. Working time 08:00-20:00 hrs.
Posted Date
20 Dec 2024

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Outpatient Department  in MREH as a Band 5 Registered Nurse. The unit operates Monday- Saturday service where patient are reviewed for routine, urgent, post op, Laser Treatment and elective eye conditions to provide and deliver high-quality, effective, safe care in a well-led service.  This is a very busy environment with a variety of complex eye cases  and will require an Individual who is able to adapt and work  in a challenging environment. The successful candidate must possess excellent communication and provide compassionate care. The post holder will assess, implement, plan and evaluate the delivery of direct patient care, ensuring delivery of high caliber care and efficient use of facilities, personnel and other resources.  We are committed to delivering high standard of Multi disciplinary patient focused care.  The post holder will be covering mainly the pediatric clinic but will be expected to work in all OPD clinics.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have accountability to provide and deliver high standards of patient care and for managing the patient flow of the unit.  The main role of a Registered Nurse  is to provide compassionate, safe and effective care and support to our patients in OPD. The RN will safely undertake the following procedures to meet the patient  needs to include undertaking routine procedures such as Eye Visions, Intra Ocular Pressure, Eye drops installation, administrating oral medication,  Obtaining blood sample from adult and pediatric patients, coordinating the clinics and working with MDT. The post holder will predominantly work in Pediatric clinic providing care to children and young people. You will be provided with all necessary skills competency and we have a dedicated Education team to support you with OPD. To succeed, you’ll need to be committed to delivering high quality, patient focused care with pride and respect, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to provide evidence of personal and professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.   So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.  This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.  Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.  As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.  If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!