Are you a Nurse or Allied Health Professional ready to take on an exciting new challenge in a fast-paced, innovative eye care service?

Lead the Future of Eye Care at Calderdale Royal and Acre Mills!
Join us as a dynamic leader shaping the delivery ofcutting-edgeophthalmic nursing services across Calderdale Royal and Acre Mills Out-patient clinics.You’llsteer a talented nursing workforce, driving clinical excellence and innovation across a spectrum of eye care specialties.

This role calls for a confident, compassionate leader who thrives in managing diverse teams, resolving conflict with grace, and uniting colleagues from varied perspectives toward shared goals.You’llchampion service improvements, ensuring patient-centred, modern, and safe care that meets national standards and Trust initiatives.

Bring yourexpertisein HR best practices and people management to support and empower your team, fostering a collaborative, inclusive environment where every voice matters. Ifyou’reready to influence, inspire, and make a lasting impact in ophthalmic nursing—this is the role for you!

improvements and change initiatives to deliver modern, safe, and patient-centred care aligned with national targets and Trust policies. The role requires effective conflict resolution skills and the ability to collaborate across diverse teams, bringing together different perspectives for a common purpose.

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of Ophthalmology out-patient services provided by clinical staff and Ophthalmic nursing provision at an operational level.

• Provide positive leadership within the Ophthalmic nursing team, which is flexible and responds to change.

• Development of a team, which is motivated and empowered to contribute to the development and delivery of Ophthalmic services.

• Development of a team where potential is recognised and development of skills and knowledge are encouraged in line with service and individual needs.

• Presence of an enthusiastic dynamic and motivated role model, prompting delivery of best clinical practiceprovidingsafe clinical advice asrequired.

• Understanding of operational pressures, waiting list targets, referral to treatment pathways, managing change and service improvement along with budgetary controls.

• Improvement and maintenance of patient quality and delivery of service ensuring a focus to improve patient experience.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
• Responsibility for clinical leadership for all Ophthalmic nurses and Healthcare support workers.

• Responsible for advancing clinical practice at all levels. Ensuring that clinical teamsdemonstratebest practice and guidelines are available and adhered to within the department.

Professional Duties

• To work within Trust policy and procedure guidelines and ensure that these are adhered to by the team.

• Work within codes of professional practice.

• Tofacilitateand lead the team in a positive flexible and strategic manner.

• Present a dynamic,innovativeand enthusiastic role model, providing leadership guidance and advice on strategic,operationaland professional issues.

• To empower and motivate team members to maximise their knowledge, skills andexpertiseincluding Ophthalmic extended roles.

• Devise,reviewand support the implementation of policies related to nursing clinical practice and patient care.

ManagerialDuties -have experience in

• leading and implementing workforce change

• Candemonstratea successfultrack recordof improving team performance - implementing (and sustaining) programmes of improvement.

• Settingobjectivesand processes for monitoring performance and delivery at team and individual level

• Dealing with conflict and disagreement within teams

• A strong collaborator – able to bring people together from different perspectives and opinions - working together for a shared purpose

• Effective influencer – able to deliver persuasive arguments,maintainprofessional respect and acknowledging difference

• takes an inclusive and compassionate approach – has experience of leading and managing diverse teams

• familiar with HR policies and practices – has supported staff through effective line management and good people practice

• Participate in and support the implementation of service improvement and transformation projects within Ophthalmic services, nursing care and extended roles.

• Toassistin the prompt resolution of complaints. Toparticipatein the investigation of incidents/complaints asrequired, including preparing detailed reports/letters to complainants.

• Undertake Appraisals for Ophthalmic team members.

• Lead on the recruitment andselectionof staff in line with Trust policy.

• Attend andparticipatein meetings as required including providing feedback anddisseminatinginformation asappropriate.

• Utilise information systems to plan and forecast future needs and ensureappropriate action.

• Monitor sickness,absenceand competence issues, and implement Trust policies e.g. managing ill health, capability.

• Ensure systems are in place for risk assessment and minimisation, including promoting a ‘no blame’ culture in order that incidents and near misses are reported.

This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Aug 2025

Ophthalmology service manager | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust