Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Healthcare Assistant Ophthalmology, WRH

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Job summary

This is your opportunity to join the Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust Ophthalmic team as a full time band 2 health care assistant. We are a friendly Countywide team and our new innovative ways of working ensures a truly patient centred approach throughout our units.

The ophthalmology units consist of an Outpatient Consulting Suite together with a day care unit and operating theatres.

The post holder would be based in the Ophthalmology department at Worcester Royal Hospital and would support the clinic area of the department.

As a part of the countywide service delivering ophthalmic care you will be required to travel between sites on occasions.

You will need to be committed, enthusiastic, reliable and completely flexible in working hours to cover all clinic sessions.

Main duties of the job

To support professionally qualified staff in providing quality care for patients in roles, which are mainly related to patient care.
Care for a group of patients under supervision.
To prepare clinical rooms for outpatient clinics to ensure a smooth running clinic.
Visual acuity testing.
Intraocular pressure testing with the ORA.
Chaperoning patients within the clinical department.
Assisting the doctor within the laser clinic to maintain patient and relatives safety.
Assisting the registered nurse in the nurse-led pre-assessment clinic.
To be conversant with equipment and its use and the procedure for reporting faults.
To put away stock and help maintain stock levels.
To clear dirty instrument trolleys and rubbish and linen bags.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people
Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
Best use of resources
Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Date posted

15 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9365-23-0864

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

To support professionally qualified staff in providing quality care for patients in roles, which are mainly related to patient care.
Care for a group of patients under supervision.
To prepare clinical rooms for outpatient clinics to ensure a smooth running clinic.
Visual acuity testing.
Intraocular pressure testing with the ORA.
Chaperoning patients within the clinical department.
Assisting the doctor within the laser clinic to maintain patient and relatives safety.
Assisting the registered nurse in the nurse-led pre-assessment clinic.
To be conversant with equipment and its use and the procedure for reporting faults.
To put away stock and help maintain stock levels.
To clear dirty instrument trolleys and rubbish and linen bags.
Maintain patient and relatives safety whilst ensuring a smooth running clinic.
Be prepared to undertake additional roles and duties following appropriate training and assessment.
To assist with departmental audits.

For full details refer to the job description

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

To support professionally qualified staff in providing quality care for patients in roles, which are mainly related to patient care.
Care for a group of patients under supervision.
To prepare clinical rooms for outpatient clinics to ensure a smooth running clinic.
Visual acuity testing.
Intraocular pressure testing with the ORA.
Chaperoning patients within the clinical department.
Assisting the doctor within the laser clinic to maintain patient and relatives safety.
Assisting the registered nurse in the nurse-led pre-assessment clinic.
To be conversant with equipment and its use and the procedure for reporting faults.
To put away stock and help maintain stock levels.
To clear dirty instrument trolleys and rubbish and linen bags.
Maintain patient and relatives safety whilst ensuring a smooth running clinic.
Be prepared to undertake additional roles and duties following appropriate training and assessment.
To assist with departmental audits.

For full details refer to the job description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Basic standard of education including Maths and English to Basic Skills Agency Version 1

Desirable

*Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Direct Care
*First Aid Qualification
*Recognised qualification in English
*Able to perform ECG
* Venepuncture skills

Experience

Essential

* Previous experience of working in a Health Care environment.

Desirable

* Previous experience of working as a Health Care Assistant
* Previous experience in an ophthalmic environment

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Basic standard of education including Maths and English to Basic Skills Agency Version 1

Desirable

*Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Direct Care
*First Aid Qualification
*Recognised qualification in English
*Able to perform ECG
* Venepuncture skills

Experience

Essential

* Previous experience of working in a Health Care environment.

Desirable

* Previous experience of working as a Health Care Assistant
* Previous experience in an ophthalmic environment

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)