Ophthalmic Technical Healthcare Assistant
Are you someone who enjoys looking after people? Would you enjoy working with new healthcare technology? You may be an experienced Healthcare Assistant or someone looking for a new direction in your career. Stoke Mandeville Hospital Ophthalmology department is looking to increase their Ophthalmic Technical Healthcare Assistant workforce.
We are currently seeking highly motivated people to join our nursing team. The successful applicant will be a highly motivated person who is quick and willing to learn new skills. It would be great if you already have experience as a Health Care Assistant or have previously worked in an Ophthalmology setting, but most important is enthusiasm to learn and the ability to work in a busy environment.
The role will include working alongside the Ophthalmic nurses, assessing the patients attending Ophthalmology clinics and performing the diagnostic imaging tests that those patients require. You will be expected to assist the nursing team in the safe and effective delivery of patient-focused care in all areas of the Ophthalmology department.
Responsibilities
- Drop and ointment installation (specific drugs only)
- Caring for a patient with a visual impairment
- Taking patients medical histories for assessment prior to eye medication instillation.
- Educate patients and carers in lid hygiene.
- Assisting in intravitreal injection clinics and minor ops
- Assisting in Medical retina clinics with basic history taking
- Assessment of pupil reaction
- Performing intraocular pressure measurement with tonopen/ICare/ORA
- Performing central corneal thickness measurement with pachymeter
Education & Qualifications
- Good basic education
- NVQ Level 1 or 2
- Experience within an ophthalmology setting
- Basic use of Microsoft Word
- Desirable to have a basic knowledge of the anatomy of the eye, knowledge of eye conditions and their treatment, and knowledge of imaging procedures involved in the role
Experience
- Evidence of working in a busy environment
- Experience in a customer focused environment
- Understands nature of HCA duties: Patient Care and Housekeeping duties
- Previous experience in a health care setting
- Understands nature of HCA duties
Skills & Abilities
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with multidisciplinary team, patients and carers in written and spoken English
- Demonstrates a courteous manner with all individuals who he/she comes into contact with e.g. patients, relatives, staff etc.
- Manually dextrous in order to examine with speed, precision and minimal discomfort and to be able to record results accurately
- Ability to write clearly and legibly in English
- Able to take messages and pass them on accordingly; understands concept of confidentiality and standards of conduct and care
- Ability to use a computer
Benefits
Flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes. We offer learning and development opportunities to support your career progression, and a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
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.
Employment Details
Employer name: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: Stoke Mandeville, Chalfont, Buckingham, High Wycombe and Amersham Hospital
Pay: £25,760 to £27,476 a year (pro rata)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Job locations: Stoke Mandeville, Chalfont, Buckingham, High Wycombe and Amersham Hospital
Reference number: 434‑SCC7916409‑A
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