Staff Nurse - Medical Retina Service
Job Description
Job summary
Band 5 Staff Nurse - Medical Retina Service (Fixed Term 12 Months)Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Moorfields Eye Hospital is recruiting a Band 5 Staff Nurse for a 12-month fixed-term role within its specialist Medical Retina outpatient service at City Road, offering an excellent opportunity to develop ophthalmology expertise in a world-leading centre.
The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals with retinal conditions such as AMD, diabetic retinopathy, uveitis, and genetic eye diseases.
Key responsibilities include providing ongoing nursing care, supporting patient education, and collaborating closely with senior nurses and the wider MDT, while maintaining standards aligned with NHS quality frameworks.
The ideal candidate is motivated, organised, and flexible, with a strong interest in ophthalmology, good communication skills, and the ability to work effectively in a busy outpatient environment.
The role offers structured mentorship and strong professional development opportunities to build specialist knowledge and skills in medical retina.
Main duties of the job
Practice independently and be responsible and accountable for safe, compassionate, person centred, evidence-based nursing that respects and maintains dignity ensuring that the highest standard of care is experienced by our patients.
Provide nursing assessment of patients/clients. Be responsible for the assessment of care needs of patients and planning programmes of care, implement and evaluate these programmes without direct supervision.
At times will have management responsibility for being in charge of the ward/department and supervising junior members of staff. Provide clinical supervision to other staff, students, and may be responsible for work allocation and checking of tasks of support staff and/or less experienced staff.
Provide health promotion information and advice. Practice in a holistic, non-judgmental, caring and compassionate manner that avoids assumptions, supports social inclusion and recognises and respects individual choice and acknowledges diversity.
Work in partnership with other health and social care professionals, students and trainees and agencies, service users, their carers and families.
Contribute to the practice development within the clinical care setting and work in accordance with trust policies, procedures and guidelines and be responsible for completing any work-based training associated with the role.
About us
At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:
- Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement
- Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
- Free 24/7 independent counselling service
- Learning and development opportunities
- Easy and quick transport links
- A range of attractive benefits and discounts
- Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes
- Free Pilates classes
- Full support and training to develop your skills
- Flexible working friendly organisation
And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.
Job responsibilities
1. Carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality current evidence-based care underpins all actions and interactions with patients.
2. Responsible for completing/ undertaking relevant nursing/ clinical procedures and practice underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience. These included a number of basic and advanced clinical skills and procedures, such as assisting in intravitreal injections, stoma management, syringe pumps and infusion, insertion and removal of catheters, cannulas and removal of sutures.
3. Make person centred, evidence-based judgements in partnership with others involved in the care process to ensure high quality care.
4. Act as an advocate for patients, to ensure a patient focused approach to the delivery of care.
5. Ensure patients receive high quality clinical care and a positive patient experience, having regard to their customs, beliefs and ethnicity.
6. Support the development of educational and health promotion materials for patients and their carers.
7. Provide support to the clinical team in the delivery of care ensuring that these are within your personal scope of knowledge and competency.
8. Give concise and clear test instructions to ensure maximum patient understanding, taking into account patients who have visual, impairment hearing loss, physical or mental disabilities, learning difficulties, different age groups cultural differences and non-English speaking patients.
9. Undertake a range of physical observations appropriate to the individuals scope of practice using a range of equipment, recording, reporting and escalating findings and concerns.
10. Educate patients and their families about the proper use of eye drops, self-care of the eye, and promotion of eye health, in addition to general health and wellbeing advice.
11. Use up to date knowledge and evidence to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence changes and promote health and best practice.
12. Monitor patients progress, ensuring accurate records of all relevant observations and clinical assessments are kept and take appropriate action as indicated.
13. Liaise with and update external agencies when making any amendments to care packages, liaising and communicating with other healthcare professions when required, including but not limited to care needs assessment referrals, continuing health care assessments.
14. Work towards safe and timely admission/discharge plans and or transfer of care from the ward/ service and ensure barriers to discharge/ transfer are identified and acted on appropriately.
15. Work alongside other health care professionals to ascertain treatments and advise on nursing priorities.
16. Have accountability for the correct administration and custody of medicines according to the trust Policy to include the safe administration of medicines, controlled drugs, and intravenous drugs, as required by the clinical area.
17. Deliver planned clinical care, such as patient assessments, immunisations, drug dosage calculations for infusions, and diagnostic tests, while remaining responsive to unexpected patient behaviours, emergencies, or incidents that demand immediate attention.
Person Specification
Professional Registration/Education
Essential
- Registered General Nurse/First level degree
- NMC Registration
Desirable
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience in delivering evidence based practice
Desirable
- Experience teaching others
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance
- Able and willing to undertake ophthalmic training/ophthalmic course
Desirable
- Understanding of the disease process and current treatment and management of retinal conditions.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Moorfields eye hospital
162, City Road
London
EC1V 2PD
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)
