Ophthalmic Theatre Nurse

Having successfully completed a project for additional day case theatres which opened in February 2024, we have an exciting opportunity to recruit a team of Ophthalmic Theatre practitioners on a full-time permanent contract! One of these new Theatres is a dedicated ophthalmology theatre which has created a second full time theatre for the service to serve the population of Torbay and South Devon locality.

We are recruiting now to help provide reduced waiting times for our surgical patients. We are looking for an individual who is interested in working with patients who have sight related problems, who may or may not have experience in the field. This is an exciting opportunity for you to join the Ophthalmology department and experience the expertise within this specialty.

As a Theatre Practitioner, you will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality patient focused care, providing and maintaining a safe environment for all patients attending theatres and coordinating and facilitating perioperative care with minimal supervision, acting as a role model and working with all members of the multi-disciplinary team.

• The role consists of scrub and circulating responsibilities for a variety of Ophthalmic surgical procedures as such you will be:
• Handover and transfer responsibility of care to colleagues, ensuring appropriate information and care is relayed.
• You will be supervising students of nursing, operating department practitioners, Healthcare Support Workers and post registration learners.
• Operating lists can change at short notice, as such you will need to be flexible. Elsewhere, you will be required to commit and fulfil an out of hours on call service on a rotational basis.
• To be eligible for this position you must currently be registered to practice with a UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registering body. Please note that previous applicants need not apply. You will work alongside the nursing team to ensure a first‑class patient experience, streamlining the patient journey to optimise efficiency and effectiveness, develop a greater knowledge and understanding about eye disease which is relevant to all given the aging population.