Job summary
Are you a compassionate, motivated nurse/Orthoptist, looking to develop your career in Ophthalmology? We're looking for an Ophthalmic Nurse/Orthoptist Injector to join our dedicated Ophthalmology team.

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care, working alongside experienced Consultant Ophthalmologists, specialist nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team.

UKVI Sponsorship: This role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We welcome applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Sponsorship will be offered subject to meeting UKVI eligibility criteria.

Main duties of the job
You will be part of our nurse-led intravitreal (IVT) injection clinics, caring for patients receiving treatment for Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and other retinal conditions. You will support the wider Outpatient nursing team in the delivery of the multi-speciality clinics within the department.

Your clinical expertise, attention to detail and sound judgement will be key to delivering safe, compassionate care. You will work closely with the medical team, who will prescribe IVT injections and follow up patients following their course of injections, ensuring safe and effective treatment.

We're committed to your professional development, with opportunities for training, multidisciplinary team meetings and service improvement initiatives.

Your knowledge, experience and ideas will help us develop best practice and improve patient care across the department. If you're passionate about ophthalmology and want to make a meaningful difference, we'd love to hear from you.

About us
At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to work in partnership to provide high quality, compassionate services and to nurture an environment where people can be at their best. Our vision is healthier lives, empowered citizens, thriving communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role. All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 405-26-NM507OPHT

Closing date: 29 October 2026

Person Specification
Essential education, qualification and training

• NMC registered Nurse or HCPC equivalent
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation.

Desirable education, qualification and training

• Evidence of postgraduate Ophthalmic qualification
• Has undertaken Enhanced assessment skills in clinical practice, or willingness to work towards
• Recognised teaching and assessing qualification

Essential skills and abilities

• Proficiency in recognising ophthalmic emergencies
• Has excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, members of the public and wider MDT.
• Proficiency on pachymetry and visual fields
• Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative and prioritise workload.
• Demonstrates ability to use clinical reasoning skills and techniques to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient care
• Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective service and care delivery
• Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
• Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues that influence nursing/Orthoptic practice relating to areas of clinical practice, management, education and research
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to good record keeping using the trust electronic and paper methods

Desirable skills and abilities

• Able to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to area of practice
• Strong, professional leadership qualities, assertive and self-confident individual

Essential knowledge and experience

• Recent experience of working within an Ophthalmology department
• Evidence of building effective working relationships with members of the multi disciplinary team and other key stakeholders
• Knowledge of basic anatomy and physiology and symptoms of eye disease, including presentation, treatment and management of ophthalmic conditions.
• Knowledge of ophthalmic drugs including its indication, side effects, adverse effects and potential interaction to other drugs
• Demonstrate an understanding of refraction and biometry and interpretation of diagnostic test results
• A good understanding of clinical governance and incident reporting

Desirable knowledge and experience

• Evidence of undertaking audit

Contact: Gemma Harris, Matron - Head, Neck and Speciality Medicine, gemma.harris57@nhs.net, 01305253794

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. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.