Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This Staff Nurse role is within the busy Ophthalmic Department at Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, part of Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. The post holder will work flexibly, including early/late shifts and weekends, managing a caseload of patients and performing various diagnostic tests and procedures. The role offers a clear pathway for staff development, including opportunities for advancement to Band 7 roles as advanced ophthalmic practitioners.
Essential criteria
- Relevant clinical experience, including that as a student or unqualified nurse
Desirable criteria
- Relevant voluntary experience
- Relevant clinical experience since registration
- RN (Adult) with current NMC registration
- Relevant clinical experience, including that as a student or unqualified nurse
- Relevant voluntary experience
- Relevant clinical experience since registration
- RN (Adult) with current NMC registration
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, dynamic, hard-working Band 5 Staff Nurse, who is able to work flexibly and use their own initiative to work within our busy Ophthalmic Department covered by Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. The post holder will be rostered to work early/ late shifts and also Saturday and Sunday as required.
This covers the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Sandwell Health Campus, Tower hill Partnership and has the potential to expand to other areas as service needs develop.
The Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre is one of the largest eye hospital's in the country, we are a regional referral centre and see patients with a wide range of eye conditions.We have a variety of general and specialist clinics running every day in the department including intravitreal injections and pre assessment clinics.
We have a clear pathway for staff development and offer opportunities for development into Band 7 roles as advanced ophthalmic practitioners.
Main duties of the job
As a Staff Nurse you will be involved in the day to day running of the department. This will include checking visual acuities using various test types, checking baseline observations including Temp, BP , Pulse, BM, ECG's and managing a caseload of patients in a timely manner.
You will carrying out pre-operative assessment and perform a variety of diagnostic tests such
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