Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse/Specialist Nurse

As Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse, you will help lead the nursing team in the Eye Clinic Outpatients department. You will support the Sister / Charge Nurse to provide safe, high-quality and compassionate care to patients.

You will help manage the day-to-day running of the clinic, support and supervise staff, and make sure patients receive the right care at the right time. You will also help with staff development, patient flow, infection control and improving the service.

We are looking for someone who is:Caring, friendly and patient-focused.Confident and able to lead and support a team.Well organised and able to manage a busy clinic.Able to make good clinical decisions and know when to escalate concerns.A good communicator who works well with patients and colleagues.Committed to safe, high-quality care.Able to support and develop other members of the team.Ideally relevant clinical knowledge with experience in ophthalmology or outpatient nursing.

You will be expected to make decisions such as:Patient care: Deciding which patients need to be seen first and when a patient needs urgent clinical review.Staffing: Deciding how to allocate staff during the clinic to make sure patients are cared for safely.Clinical concerns: Recognising when a patient's condition needs further assessment or escalation to a doctor or other senior clinician.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register

Experience

Essential: - Significant post-registration experience including some in a position relevant to the speciality

Skills

Essential: - Ability to provide high quality patient centred care; - Able to perform clinical skills relevant to the speciality

Attitude & Aptitude