NHS
Healthcare Assistant - Cannock Eye Centre
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Job Description
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- NVQ Level 2
- Experience in Healthcare
- Recent Hospital Experience
- Work on own initiative
- IT Skills
- NVQ Level 2
- Experience in Healthcare
- Recent Hospital Experience
- Work on own initiative
- IT Skills
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Cannock Eye Centre for a Band 2 Healthcare Assistant who is looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to work in both an outpatient clinic environment AND a fully equipped cataract surgery operating theatre.
Previous experience is desirable but not necessary as full training will be provided.
Main duties of the job
Based at Cannock Chase Hospital, The Cannock Eye Centre is a unique facility that provides the full surgical journey for patients in one specially designed department. All of our patients are seen in the new patient clinic before returning for pre-op assessments. Following this they return for surgery and then finally a post op visit to check everything has gone as planned. The uniqueness of the vacancy is that the Cannock Eye Centre Staff are given the opportunity to cover all these different areas in one multi skilled role.
Staff will learn how to provide support during general ophthalmology clinics, pre and post-operative outpatient clinics, they will learn the skills and techniques to be able to carry out basic eye test on patients, yet also the fantastic opportunity to learn how to become a circulator during cataract operations.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Details
Date posted
14 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
Depending on experience Dependent on Experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
225-DIV1-7046597
Job locations
Cannock Eye Centre,
Brunswick Road
Cannock
WV11 5XY
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Performing Visual Acuity Tests on patient.
Measuring Eye pressures using ORA.
Measuring patients vital signs.
Blood Sugar testing on diabetic patients.
Ordering consumables.
Assisting with maintaining the department according to trust standards.
Assisting patients with their appointments.
Preparing the Cataract Theatre for surgical lists.
Circulating in the Cataract Theatre during procedures.
The processing of used trays and instruments following cataract surgery.
Maintaining stock levels within the cataract theatre.
Job responsibilities
Performing Visual Acuity Tests on patient.
Measuring Eye pressures using ORA.
Measuring patients vital signs.
Blood Sugar testing on diabetic patients.
Ordering consumables.
Assisting with maintaining the department according to trust standards.
Assisting patients with their appointments.
Preparing the Cataract Theatre for surgical lists.
Circulating in the Cataract Theatre during procedures.
The processing of used trays and instruments following cataract surgery.
Maintaining stock levels within the cataract theatre.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifification
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Qualifification
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
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
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address
Cannock Eye Centre,
Brunswick Road
Cannock
WV11 5XY
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address
Cannock Eye Centre,
Brunswick Road
Cannock
WV11 5XY
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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