As a band 6 specialist practitioner, you will play a crucial role in pre-assessment, acute eye care, and our innovative clinics. You'll receive comprehensive training and the chance to develop your skills in areas like corneal cross-linking and intravitreal injections. We're committed to your growth, offering excellent postgraduate training opportunities, all while enjoying the stunning Gower Peninsula right on your doorstep. If you’re an ophthalmic nurse, orthoptist or optometrist looking to specialise, and you have a passion for enhancing patient outcomes, we want to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your rewarding career!
A wonderful opportunity to work for Swansea Bay University Health Board as part of our ophthalmology team. We are excited to offer this band 6 specialist practitioner post and are sure it will provide the successful candidate with a rewarding and interesting career with further development opportunities in the field of ophthalmology. The team at Swansea pride themselves on delivering a quality, patient-centered ophthalmic service which is always improving to deliver the best care for our patients.
Join our dynamic and ambitious multidisiplinary team which includes 15 consultants, advanced non-medical nurse, orthoptic and optometric practitioners, ophthalmic technicians and ophthalmic health care assistants. Benefits include excellent post graduate training opportunities, not to mention the beautiful Gower peninsular which is on our doorstep!
This exciting opportunity is aimed at a band 5 or 6 ophthalmic nurse, orthoptist or optometrist who would like to develop into a specialist ophthalmic practitioner. The successful candidate would become part of our specialist non-medical team with opportunities to participate in our band 6 pre-assessment, RACE triage, corneal cross linking and intravitreal injection clinics.
Full theoretical and practical training and support will be given to the successful candidate.
To work as a specialist ophthalmic practitioner in the fields of pre-assessment, acute eye care, medical retina and cornea. Our specialist practitioners have a very interesting and varied job role with sessions in each of the specialist clinics.
The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive pre-operative assessment to include history taking, consent, biometry, slit lamp examination and discharge planning, all focused on patient-centered clinical care. They will also accurately triage referrals into our acute eye care clinic, assist our advanced practitioners in corneal cross linking clinics and perform intravitreal injections for our Age Related Macular Degeneration Clinics.
The post is intended to provide improved outcomes for patients by improving timeliness and consistency of care whilst ensuring safe practice and compliance with clinical governance through use of policies and protocols.
Our specialist practitioners work closely with the non-medical service leads and the consultant ophthalmologists. They frequently attend training and specialist courses to maintain and develop skills and maintain evidence based practice.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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