John James Cooper BSc (Hons) MRes (Clin) MSc RGN

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

• Advanced Nurse Practitioner (MSc) – University of Salford, Master’s Degree
• Registered (NMC) Non-medical Prescriber (2017)
• Specialist Oculoplastic  Nurse Practitioner – Manchester Royal Eye Hospital  (12 years)
• Research Masters Degree (MRes) – University of Manchester
• Performs 600 minor-op procedures per year
• Complex orbital wound care and assessment
• Coordinates and provides temporal artery biopsy service
• Sub-Tenon’s local anesthetic injection administrator
• Member of the RCN Ophthalmic Forum & IONA Committees
• Chair and author of the RCN ‘Nature, Scope and Value of Ophthalmic Nursing’
• ORBIS international participant – Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) 2012

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• MSc Advanced Nurse Practitioner (University of Salford) – merit, 2015
• MRes (Clin) (University of Manchester) – merit, 2012
• BSc (Hons) Nursing (University of Manchester), 2004
• ENB 177, 346, N10, R34, 998 (Mentorship)
• Qualified RGN 1992 (Pennine Trust)

KEY ORGANISATIONS

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (Employed for 26 years)

Royal College of Nursing Ophthalmic (Forum Committee)

International Ophthalmic Nursing Association (Forum Committee)

PUBLICATIONS (selected)

Cooper J. & McQueen L. (2017) The Eyelids and Lacrimal Drainage System. In Ophthalmic Care (2nd Edn) J. Marsden (ed) M&K Publishing, Keswick. Chapter 15, pgs 325-364.

Cooper J., Dharmasena A., Malik R. & Cook A. (2015) Reliability and effectiveness of the Manchester Orbital Exenteration Wound Assessment Tool: Inter-observer agreement. Orbit. 34:3 127-131

Platts M., Danial S., Cook A. & J.Cooper (2014) A review of the management options for periorbital basal cell carcinomas. International Journal of Ophthalmic Practice. 5 (1): 6-11

Platts M., Cooper J. & Cook A. (2012) Acknowledging the contribution the nurse can make to patients with thyroid eye disease. International Journal of Ophthalmic Practice. 3(4): 156-160

Cooper J. (2010) Undergoing enucleation of the eye: Part 2, post-operative care. British Journal of Nursing. 19 (1): 28-34

Cooper J. (2009) Undergoing enucleation of the eye: Part 1, preoperative care. British Journal of Nursing. 18 (22): 1386-1390