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Healthcare Assistant - Ophthalmology Outpatient Department
Band 2
Main area: Ophthalmology Outpatients
Grade: Band 2
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 27 hours per week
Job ref: 426-598-24EG
Site: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Town: King's Lynn
Salary: £23,615 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant to join our dedicated Ophthalmology Outpatient Nursing Team.
You will work within our friendly and dynamic team, providing exemplary care to ophthalmic patients in the eye clinic setting.
Our Ophthalmology Outpatient Department, situated in the recently opened £3M West Norfolk Eye Centre, is an exciting place to work and provides excellent opportunities that will enhance clinical and professional development.
We are looking for a self-motivated, committed individual who is happy to undertake the necessary training and work to deliver a variety of services in order to enhance patient experience.
If this sounds like the role for you, we would love you to get in touch!
Main duties of the job
* Care of patients in the eye clinic setting in general eye clinics and various sub-specialties including glaucoma, medical retina, vitreo-retinal, paediatrics, eye casualty and virtual clinic.
* Assessment of visual acuity, instillation of eye drops, visual field analysis, OCT scans.
* Care of patients in the treatment room undergoing intravitreal injection therapy.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH, we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this opportunity, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GCSE English and Maths Grade C or above/equivalent
* Care certificate
Experience
* Experience of working with people/teams
* Previous health/social care support worker experience
Skills & Abilities
* Clear and effective reading and writing in the English language
* Can follow instructions and learn procedures
* Understanding of the Healthcare assistant role
* Basic computer/IT skills
* First Aid training
* Information governance training
* Demonstrate QEH core values: Kindness, wellness, fairness
* Punctual, motivated and committed
* Able to prioritise own workload and manage time effectively
* Able to cope with stress and challenging situations
Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values.
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We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:
* Flexible working opportunities
* Free counselling service
* Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
* Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.
We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.
Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.
Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.
Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to-day work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate.
Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.
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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.
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