Job summary
Newcastle Eye Centre is one of the largest in the UK, treating and caring for over 120,000 patients each year. We are a regional centre of excellence providing a highly specialised service treating all types of eye conditions in both adults and children.
We offer an exciting opportunity for Band 3 Healthcare Assistants with an interest in Ophthalmology to join our team, supporting clinics at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, our Cramlington base and Outreach Clinics. You will work alongside our highly skilled nursing team together with our wider multi disciplinary team who all strive to provide the highest standard of patient care.
Ophthalmic experience is not essential as full training will be provided.
- Interview Date: 7 June 2023
- 2 Full Time Posts 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
- Contributes to the work of the department by working under minimal supervision of registered practitioners or assistant practitioners. On occasions the post holder may be required to run a clinic without a qualified nurse and may be required to supervise junior staff.
- Will carry out delegated, repetitive, routine and familiar tasks.
- Have an awareness of normal parameters concerning patient / client wellbeing and report that which is out with normal parameters to the registered professional.
- Will plan and prioritise their own delegated work tasks and activities.
- Will carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
- To assist the Registered Nurses or other registered health care practitioners in providing high quality patient care.
- Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times.
- Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
- Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
- To assist the Registered Nurses or other registered health care practitioners in providing high quality patient care.
- Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times.
- Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
- Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care.
- Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner.
- Ability to meet basic care needs of patients
- Understanding of confidentiality
Desirable
- Understanding of basic safeguarding
SKILLS
Essential
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager.
- Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire.
Desirable
- Competent in physical skills - blood pressure, recording ECGs, blood glucose, phlebotomy etc
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities.
- Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA (evidence of knowledge attained at level 3 using the Qualifications and Credit Framework)
Desirable
- Experience of Hospital PAS / eRecord systems - making appointments, registration etc
- Previous experience within speciality
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Completion of a Trust or other HCA development programme
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care.
- Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner.
- Ability to meet basic care needs of patients
- Understanding of confidentiality
Desirable
- Understanding of basic safeguarding
SKILLS
Essential
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager.
- Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire.
Desirable
- Competent in physical skills - blood pressure, recording ECGs, blood glucose, phlebotomy etc
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities.
- Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA (evidence of knowledge attained at level 3 using the Qualifications and Credit Framework)
Desirable
- Experience of Hospital PAS / eRecord systems - making appointments, registration etc
- Previous experience within speciality
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Completion of a Trust or other HCA development programme
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).
