Health Care Assistant/ Eyes/ ENT inUxbridge inUxbridge PUBLISHED WED 15 JAN 2025

The EYES/ENT has an opening for a Band 2 HCA at Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospitals, as well as community clinics. The post holder will support the department. We seek experienced, motivated, and proactive individuals to join our team.

The HCA will aid the EYES/ENT department and outpatient teams, ensuring the smooth operation of our clinical services. Responsibilities include data entry, visual field testing, vision acuity, assisting nursing and professional bodies and general patient care and

support. You will prepare patients, perform basic tests and procedures, and provide reports and evaluations for clinical review.

Our comprehensive ophthalmology services are provided by Ophthalmologists, Orthoptists, Optometrists, and Ophthalmic-trained nurses, covering general and specialty clinics such as Paediatrics, Ocular-motility, Botulinum Toxin, AMD, Diabetic, Glaucoma, Medical Retinal,

Oculoplastic, and Corneal

The post holder will support the EYS/ENT and outpatient teams for the provision and overall smooth running of our clinical services. You will have responsibility for preparing our patients and undertaking their investigations, performing a range of basic tests (Visual Fields, etc.) and procedures (Visual acuity, eye pressure, dilating drops etc.) as well as providing the reports and baseline evaluations for review by other clinical staff. The post holder will also have the responsibility in supporting the Clinic Staff in setting up clinics for Ophthalmology and ENT. The post holder will also be trained to support the ENT Outpatient service as part of their role.

You will receive training and when relevant competencies have been achieved you will be required to attend peripheral clinic and hospital sites to deliver the required clinical care. Therefore, a willingness and capacity to travel to Mount Vernon and Community sites will be required, as well as the ability to provide services on days across the whole week, including weekends when required.

You will be required to communicate in an empathetic manner with patients, relatives and carers who may be emotionally distressed or who may have barriers to understanding, such as learning difficulties, language, hearing difficulties or visual impairment and to children and babies.

In summary, you will assist in the provision of a high standard of ophthalmic and personal care ensuring the smooth running of our clinics.

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,

community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals

provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lucy Evans Job title: Matron Ophthalmology/ENT Email address: Telephone number: