Nursing Associate - Ophthalmology | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston

Are you a motivated practitioner who possesses excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and want to provide Gold Standard care to our patients? Then this exciting opportunity is for you!

We are looking for a qualified Nursing Associate, who has a passion for providing high quality patient focused care, a flexible attitude towards work and a desire for new challenges. Ophthalmology is a specialised area which has several sub-specialities within it, this is a great opportunity to learn a new set of skills as well as develop the ones you already have.

General duties will include diagnostic testing within the clinic areas and pre & post-operative care in the ward area. You will develop an in-depth knowledge of ophthalmology and the diagnostic tests needed to aid the MDT with diagnosing and treating a range of ophthalmic conditions, and provide personal care to patients.

As a Band 4, you will receive direct support from senior nursing colleagues to develop and enhance your skills. This will enable you to work across the whole department in such areas as co-ordinating clinics to ensure smooth running sessions, working within the in-house rapid access service administering eye drops and carrying out diagnostic tests.

You will be warmly welcomed and well supported by a fantastic team who are passionate and aspire to provide excellent care. We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area and give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely makes a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

Our values define who we are and how we behave:

• Caring and compassionate. We treat everyone with dignity and respect, doing everything we can to show we care.
• Recognising individuality. We respect, value and respond to every person’s individual needs.
• Seeking to involve. We will always involve patients in making decisions about their care and treatment & are always open and honest.
• Team working. We work together as one team, and involve patients, families, and other services, to provide the best care possible.
• Taking personal responsibility. We each take personal responsibility to give the highest standards of care and deliver a service we can always be proud of.

Contribute to the assessment, implementation and evaluation of care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence-based guidelines under supervision. Support and provide patient education and health promotion. Support the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate professional practice. Contribute to the management of risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines. Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care. Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation.