Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Eye Casualty/Ophthalmology

Job summary

Band 7 Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Eye Casualty/Ophthalmology

PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Advanced Nurse Practitioner to work within our Ophthalmology department.

The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing the patients at the first point of contact within Eye Casualty, providing autonomous practice which demonstrates high level of accountability at an advanced clinical level, delivering high-quality direct patient care, and providing treatment based on advanced clinical skills assessment and non-medical prescribing.

The successful candidate will also support the Age-related Macular Degeneration, considering the role as an injector and also supporting clinical reviewing.

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner should continuously seek to develop and implement improvement, meet key performance indicators, quality and safety standards relevant to the service.

Main duties of the job

Practise autonomously with a high level of accountability, delivering advanced clinical care and making complex decisions based on expert assessment, diagnostic reasoning and clinical management skills.

Work in partnership with patients, families and carers, undertaking comprehensive history taking, holistic assessment, risk identification, mental health assessment, and the requesting, performance and interpretation of diagnostic investigations to determine health and care needs.

Assess, diagnose and manage patients with a wide range of ophthalmic conditions, developing and implementing treatment plans within agreed protocols and scope of practice.

Independently assess and manage patients attending AMD and Medical Retina services, interpreting OCT and retinal imaging, monitoring disease progression, determining treatment requirements in line with established pathways, providing patient education, and escalating complex cases where necessary.

Independently assess, diagnose and treat patients presenting to Eye Casualty with urgent and emergency ophthalmic conditions. Prioritise care according to clinical need, initiate appropriate investigations and treatment, arrange follow up, and refer sight-threatening or complex presentations to medical staff.

Practise as a Non-Medical Independent Prescriber, prescribing and monitoring treatments safely within professional standards, current legislation, local policies and Patient Group Directions (PGDs).

About us

Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our Trust "CARE" values: Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.