Registered Nurse (Ophthalmology Outpatients)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- 4 days per week (Must include some Saturdays, 07:30 18:00). No nights, no Sundays.
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a 12-month fixed-term Band 5 Staff Nurse position in the busy Ophthalmology Outpatients Department, covering a secondment. The role involves expanding clinical expertise in eye care, working across routine outpatients and an emergency eye service. It's a hands-on role requiring physical resilience due to high patient volume and constant movement. Full training will be provided for specialized ophthalmic diagnostic tests.
Essential criteria
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Desirable criteria
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- General Requirements
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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
We are seeking a motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our busy Ophthalmology Outpatients Department on a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover a secondment. This is an exciting opportunity to expand your clinical expertise within eye care, working across both routine outpatients and our dedicated emergency eye service.
Our department is exceptionally busy, caring for over 100 patients every single day. This is an active, hands-on role that involves considerable walking and standing, making it ideal for someone who thrives in a high-energy environment.
Main duties of the job
For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
About us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon Distr
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