Assistant Practitioner/ Registered Nurse Associate

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has become available in our busy, fast paced Eye outpatients department for a Band 4 Assistant Practitioner/ Registered Nurse Associate .

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who demonstrates great professionalism, has leadership skills they would like to further develop and wants to be a part of a growing team.The right candidate will be integral to the growth of the team and the service. This is a part-time, fixed term position.

Eye outpatients provides a positive work life balance with clinics currently running from Monday to Saturday.

Eye outpatients is a dynamic department that continues to change & develop, this requires the successful applicant to be flexible, forward thinking and have the skills to motivate peers. As a large team with over 50 staff members, we stretch over 2 locations: Southampton and Lymington hospitals and we see up to 200 patients per session. The successful candidate will need to be highly motivated, professional, flexible, trustworthy and positive role model. The ability to supervise, teach, empower and coach staff it’s essential for this role.Ophthalmic experience would be ideal, however, training will be provided.The ideal candidate would be Medicine Management competent.

If you think this is an opportunity you would like to take, then we look forward to hearing from you.

We would highly recommend an informal visit before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
  • OR Assistant Practitioner with a health-related Foundation Degree e.g. Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care.
  • OR Overseas nursing qualification without NMC registration at UK Academic level 5 Evidence of numeracy and literacy – minimum national qualification level 2
  • Experience of working under appropriate supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.
  • Knowledge of nursing procedures and practices in an acute hospital setting.

Desirable

  • Assessed as competent to administer medications.
  • Acute apprenticeship units as appropriate to UHS Care Group/Divisional requirements.
  • Extended clinical skills e.g. venesection/cannulation.

Trust Values

Essential

  • Patient First
  • Working Together
  • Always Improving

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).

Closing Date: 14 July 2026

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