Ophthalmic Technical Healthcare Assistant

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Ophthalmic Technical Healthcare Assistant to join their dynamic team. This role involves providing compassionate care to patients, assisting in various ophthalmology procedures, and working closely with a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, eager to learn, and capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive workplace culture, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the well-being of patients while advancing your career in healthcare.

Benefits

Generous Annual Leave

Pension Scheme

NHS Discount Schemes

Health and Wellbeing Services

Flexible Working Opportunities

Qualifications

• Good basic education and NVQ Level 1 or 2 required.
• Experience in an ophthalmology setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist nursing team in delivering patient-focused care.
• Perform diagnostic imaging tests and patient assessments.

Skills

Communication Skills

Customer Service

Manually Dextrous

Basic Computer Skills

Education

Good Basic Education

NVQ Level 1 or 2

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

About

First choice for Buckinghamshire and beyond

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust provides a wide range of high-quality acute and community services from two acute hospital sites in Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe, and community hospitals at Amersham, Thame, Marlow, Buckingham, Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross. Specialist services include our regional dermatology, allergy and skin cancer centre, burns care and plastics sub-regional centre, cardiac services and the National Spinal Injuries Centre. More than 6,000 staff serve residents across Buckinghamshire, Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire) and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire) - a combined population of 500,000. It serves a much larger population, 1.5m for burns and plastic services and 14m for spinal injuries.

Where your needs always come first

Our patients are at the heart of everything that we do, providing you with safe and compassionate care, every time. Our focus is on providing and everything we do is aimed at delivering right care, right place, right time, first time.

Key details

Location

Site: Chalfont, High Wycombe and Amersham Hospital
Address: Mandeville Road
Town: Aylesbury
Postcode: HP21 8AL
Major / Minor Region: Buckinghamshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

Salary

Salary: £24,625 - £25,674 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 3)

Specialty

Main area: Ophthalmology Out Patients/Ward

Job overview

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.

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• Visual Acuity
• 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

Working for our organisation

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• Good basic education
• NVQ Level 1 or 2
• Experience within an ophthalmology setting
• Basic use of Microsoft Word

Desirable criteria

• Desirable to have a basic knowledge of the anatomy of the eye. Knowledge of eye conditions and their treatment. Knowledge of imaging procedures involved in role

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• Understands nature of HCA duties

SKILLS, ABILITIES

Essential criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• Ability to use a computer

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Hazel Nyack-kaseke
Job title: Matron
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01296315942