Health Care Assistant inDerby inDerby PUBLISHED THU 30 JAN 2025

Applications are invited for individuals pursing a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant position within Ophthalmology Outpatients. We are looking for an HCA who wishes to develop their skills to work within our busy ophthalmic outpatient department.

You will be required to work across both sites, Royal Derby Hospital and Florence Nightingale Community Hospital on a rota basis.

Working hours:- Monday - Friday between 08:00 -18:00. You must be flexible with days of work and start and finish times.

A visit to the department is actively encouraged.

Following Induction and relevant training and self direct learning,

• Obtain & document correct visual acuity, IOP and instil eye medication accordingly.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, their relatives, and members of the team by utilising a range of communication methods.
• Assist and support the team in the delivery of patient care, assessments, and documentation of patient care.
• Organise clinics and their workload whilst demonstrating effective time management and prioritisation of patient needs.
• Obtain relevant patient assessments, history taking and medical images.
• Assist in our AMD service and injection service in the treatment room.
• Assist within the Minor Ops Procedure room.
• Extended roles e.g., stock ordering, chaperone, cleaning/stocking of the clinic rooms.
  
  

Our wish is for you to join and to embrace this opportunity to provide individualised care for ophthalmic patients within a very busy department. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a speciality that is rapidly expanding, and that requires enthusiastic and motivated people so we can fully support our service requirements.

Essentially:- You will have experience in an acute UK Healthcare setting and a minimum of NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care of Adults or equivalent.

Desirably:- You will have clinical skills such as venepuncture, cannulation & ECG.

Closing date of applications:12th February 2025

Interview date: 26th February 2025

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cherrine New Job title: Senior Sister Email address: Telephone number: