Senior Healthcare Assistant Ophthalmology

NHS; Bromsgrove; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bromsgrove seeks a part-time Senior Healthcare Assistant for its Ophthalmology team. Join a multidisciplinary team focusing on delivering quality care, with responsibilities including testing procedures and assisting in theatre operations. Candidates should hold an NVQ 2/3 in Direct Care or equivalent and possess strong communication skills. Flexible working hours are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a nursing team.
• Experience of working in a theatre setting.
• Experience of working in a clinic setting.
• Experience of working in an ophthalmic setting.

Responsibilities

• Support professionally qualified staff to provide quality nursing care.
• Prepare clinical rooms for outpatient clinics.
• Conduct visual acuity testing and optical coherence topography.
• Assist in the laser clinic to maintain patient safety.
• Assist registered nurse in nurse-led pre-assessment clinic.

Skills

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Education

NVQ 2/3 in Direct Care or equivalent

First Aid Qualification

Job description

Overview

Go back Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Healthcare Assistant Ophthalmology

The closing date is 20 October 2025

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed SHCA who will join our friendly and conscientious Ophthalmology team. This is a Part time 30 hour post Fixed term post for 12 months and these hours will need to be worked flexibly to cover the needs of the service.

Our service is countywide in that we offer a range of services to the population of Worcestershire, treating and managing the simplest to complex conditions and diseases.

The successful candidate will work primarily at the Kidderminster hospital site but all staff are required to be flexible and may need to cover activity on other sites should the need arise.

This excellent opportunity has arisen for band 3 SHCA to join our department working within our multidisciplinary team. You will be required to work in both the theatre and clinic environments and will be supported to provide excellent care for our patients.

With the help of our admin, support and management teams, you will deliver our values and nurse our patients with pride, respect, empathy, consideration, compassion and dignity.

We are committed to delivering an excellent ophthalmic nursing service that delivers the best patient experience and care.

Main duties of the job

• To support the professionally qualified staff and work under their direction to provide quality nursing care, therapy activity, treatments and procedures directly to patients.
• To prepare clinical rooms for outpatient clinics to ensure a smooth running clinic
• Visual acuity testing
• Optical Coherence Topography
• Intraocular pressure testing with the ORA/I-Care
• Pentacam
• Visual Field Testing
• Assisting 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.
• Assist in positioning patients on the operating table.
• Assist in preparing theatres
• Assist in the Admission and preparation of Patients for theatre.
• Act as an Escort nurse
• Act as a runner in Theatre
• Setting up of sterile field for Intravitreal injections
• Assist in the care and Discharge of Post op Patients.

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 four sites in Kidderminster, Redditch, Bromsgrove 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.

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

• To support the professionally qualified staff and work under their direction to provide quality nursing care, therapy activity, treatments and procedures directly to patients.
• To prepare clinical rooms for outpatient clinics to ensure a smooth running clinic
• Visual acuity testing
• Optical Coherence Topography
• Intraocular pressure testing with the ORA
• Pentacam
• Visual Field Testing
• Assisting 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.
• Assist in positioning patients on the operating table.
• Assist in preparing theatres
• Assist in the Admission and preparation of Patients for theatre.
• Act as an Escort nurse
• Act as a runner in Theatre
• Setting up of sterile field for Intravitreal injections
• Assist in the care and Discharge of Post op Patients.

See full details in job description

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ 2/3 in Direct Care or equivalent.
• First Aid Qualification
• -Able to perform ECG
• - Trained in Venepuncture

Knowledge and skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills

Experience

• Experience of working within a nursing team
• Experience of working in a theatre setting
• Experience of working in a clinic setting
• Experience of working in an ophthalmic setting

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 name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust