Nurse S12048.

Registered Nurse required for private clinic, Sandyford, Dublin 18

Our client is a well-established, busy private ophthalmic clinic and surgical centre in South Dublin.

The clinic is very well supported by a large administrative, nursing and ophthalmic technician team.

The role is a full-time permanent position, Mon – Fri with approx. 1 Saturday every 1 – 2 mths

Hours: 37.5 hour week. Clinic is closed on Sundays and bank holidays

Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience and qualifications

Benefits

• Pension
• 23 days AL plus additional service days accrued for future leave years up to a max of 27 days
• Staff Parking

Duties

Clinical duties and responsibilities

• Working as part of the Nursing/ Technician team to perform ophthalmic diagnostic testing on patients as part of clinical work ups for consultations at the clinic.
• Working as part of the Nursing/ Technician team to complete virtual consultations with patients to capture motivations for surgery, medical history, visual needs etc prior to their consultation with the Surgeon.

Theatre duties and responsibilities

• Scrubbing for cataract, lens and laser eye surgery procedures performed in the dedicated theatre at the clinic.
• Management of patients on the day of surgery (consent discussion, medication management, counselling on postoperative instructions, completion of slit lamp examinations as part of discharging patients).
• Assist the surgeon in theatre for cataract and lens procedures. Assist with the documentation of procedures, checking correct IOLs available etc.

Administrative duties and responsibilities

• Answering patient queries via phone call/ email.
• Assist with planning cataract and lens procedures by calculating IOLs to be used by the surgeon during the procedure.

Requirements

• Active NMBI registration (RGN)
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong service ethic
• Ophthalmic experience is an advantage but not essential

For more information please send your CV to Carol in confidence through the link.

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