Job summary
Healthcare Assistant - OphthalmologyBand 3Full Time- 37.5 hours per week
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Nursing Assistant to join our fantastic team. The role will be based in the Ophthalmic Outpatient Department and Intravitreal Injection Suite in the Elective Care Centre on the Aintree site of Liverpool University Hospital. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, show initiative, demonstrate excellent communications skills and have a flexible approach to working.
Main duties of the job
The role provides clinical support to Consultants, Specialist Nurses and participating in the day-to-day running of a busy eye clinic.
Under the supervision of a registered nurse assisting the Ward / Department team in providing the highest possible standard of care for patients and their families/carer. The post holder will undertake a range of tasks and duties as delegated by a registered nurse.
We are committed to delivering an excellent ophthalmic nursing service and we provide the highest standard of patient care. If you want a new start, there couldn't be a better time to join us.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here:
https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Participates in all aspects of patient care
- Provision of patients toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
- Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patients manual handling plan.
- Removal of cannulas.
- Prepare and maintain environments for clinical treatments and investigations
- Prepare patients for treatments, investigations or procedures including offering support, answering questions appropriate to own knowledge/experience and assisting in recovery
- Collection pharmacy drugs as requested.
- Chaperoning in clinic rooms, escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations.
- General and clinical observations of patients, reporting anything untoward.
- Supporting the safe delivery of treatment and care in the intravitreal injection suite/ This will be in in conjunction with the specialist team.
- Listing Patients for surgical / non surgical procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Participates in all aspects of patient care
- Provision of patients toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
- Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patients manual handling plan.
- Removal of cannulas.
- Prepare and maintain environments for clinical treatments and investigations
- Prepare patients for treatments, investigations or procedures including offering support, answering questions appropriate to own knowledge/experience and assisting in recovery
- Collection pharmacy drugs as requested.
- Chaperoning in clinic rooms, escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations.
- General and clinical observations of patients, reporting anything untoward.
- Supporting the safe delivery of treatment and care in the intravitreal injection suite/ This will be in in conjunction with the specialist team.
- Listing Patients for surgical / non surgical procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
- Reputation for high standard of care
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
- Good Computer Skills
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues and client base /patients / relatives
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
- Reputation for high standard of care
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
- Good Computer Skills
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues and client base /patients / relatives
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
