Health Care Assistant - Bedford Hospital

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties and responsibilities

Clinical and Patient Care

• To support qualified staff in the assessment of health needs, planning, delivery and evaluation of care for a number of individuals or groups of patients, including clinical risk assessment

• To exercise an agreed degree of professional autonomy and make judgements and decisions in order to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job.

• To assist in maintaining record charts such as nursing observation, weight, temperature, pulse and respirations

• To undertake clinical work and related tasks as delegated by qualified nursing staff.

• To assist registered staff in the implementation of individual nursing care plans and the implementation of the patient care pathways.

• To liaise effectively with all stakeholders in the care process, including carers and relatives, aspiring to provide an effective, seamless and integrated service to patients.

To attain the competencies of Visual Acuity, eye pressure measurement, instillation of eye drops under the supervision and guidance of the qualified staff nurse, technical skills of OCT, HRT, auto-refraction and visual fields having followed the Trusts required protocol. This list is not exhaustive but

• gives an outline of the core competency skills that are required in this role in the clinic environment.

• To act as chaperone when required.

• To assist with the monitoring of equipment and stocks as required.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• NVQ L3

Desirable

• Ophthalmic experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bedford

Southwing Hospital

Bedford

MK42 9DJ

Employer's website

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)