South Site Ophthalmology Service: Nurse Team Manager - Eye Clinic at Orpington Hospital
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse with strong leadership and management skills to join our team as Nurse Team Manager within the South Site Ophthalmology Service. The post will be based at the Eye Clinic, Orpington Hospital, with an expectation of cross-site working in collaboration with Queen Mary’s Eye Department, Sidcup.
This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse leader who is passionate about service improvement, staff development, and delivering high-quality patient care. While experience or an interest in ophthalmology is required, specialist ophthalmic skills will be developed within the role, supported by dedicated clinical time and training.
As Nurse Team Manager, you will provide professional and operational leadership to the nursing team, ensuring safe, effective, and patient-centred care. You will play a key role in workforce planning, service delivery, and quality improvement, while maintaining a clinical presence within the service.
This hybrid role combines management and leadership responsibilities with protected clinical sessions, allowing you to remain clinically engaged while driving service development.
- The post holder will provide effective team leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality care, with responsibility for managing team operations, workforce skill mix, and ongoing professional development.
- They will lead site-based service improvements and trust-wide transformation initiatives, while maintaining robust clinical governance through audits, quality reviews, and risk assessments.
- The role requires close collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to support integrated care, as well as active contribution to service capacity and patient flow across high-demand areas.
- The post holder will also work as an autonomous practitioner, delivering enhanced specialist clinical practice in line with service needs.
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history, and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan, and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
For further details / informal visits, contact: Name: Sonja Taylor Job title: Head of Nursing Email address: sonja.taylor1@nhs.net
