Job Summary
Join Our Dynamic Team - Make a Real Difference

Ready to take your nursing career further? We're seeking a motivated professional to play a key role in delivering outstanding patient care while supporting service development.

About the Role
Working across a 7-day rota, you'll help manage the ward/department and deputise for the manager when required, bringing confidence and leadership to the team.

What You'll Do

• Provide professional leadership and support
• Promote practice and education development
• Supervise and mentor junior staff and students
• Maintain your professional development
• Support the effective use of resources
• Uphold the NMC Code of Conduct
• Deliver specialist care through Intravitreal Injections in a nurse-led clinic

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team
• Gain opportunities to lead, teach, and grow
• Make a genuine impact on patient care and staff development
• Develop expertise in a specialist clinical area

Main Duties of the Job
Be the Difference in Exceptional Patient Care

We're looking for a dedicated and compassionate professional to join our team and deliver high-quality, patient-centred care in a dynamic ophthalmic setting.

What You'll Do

• Maintain NMC registration and professional standards
• Build strong relationships and communication with multidisciplinary teams, patients, and families
• Act as a patient advocate to ensure the best outcomes and experiences
• Stay up to date with current nursing and healthcare developments
• Participate in Preceptorship and Clinical Supervision programmes
• Lead the pre-assessment and planning of ophthalmic injection patients across settings
• Safely manage and deliver Intravitreal Injections
• Work in line with national, Trust, and local policies and standards
• Ensure proper use and operation of medical equipment

Clinical Responsibilities

• Deliver direct care including eye medication administration
• Provide pre- and post-operative ophthalmic care
• Safely position patients and support diagnostic procedures
• Contribute to the assessment, planning, and evaluation of care delivery

About Us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Professional Registration
Essential

• Degree / diploma in nursing studies (or equivalent nursing qualification and experience)
• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)
• Ophthalmic course
• Nurse injector course

Desirable

• Recognised teaching course
• Leadership course
• V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential

• Knowledge of the eye anatomy and physiology
• Worked within an ophthalmic outpatient or surgical setting within the last 3 years

Desirable

• Demonstrate an interest in the speciality

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Previous leadership experience within an ophthalmic setting
• Excellent communication skills
• Competent telephone manner
• Good knowledge of computer soft wear inc, open eyes
• To demonstrate the ability to work within a team and under own initiative
• To demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement and Ability to work methodically and manage time effectively. 7 evaluate care for the ophthalmic patient and have knowledge of Intravitreal injections

Desirable

• Excellent time management

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.