Band 4 Senior Ophthalmic Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time band 4 senior healthcare assistant within the ophthalmology department (eye clinic) in our Trust. We are seeking an enthusiatic senior healthcare assistant with a 'can do' attitude to join our nursing team. The post holder will be based at Queens hospital in Romford but may be required to cover other ophthalmic clinic sessions at any of our outreach clinics . We are looking for innovative and enthusiastic healthcare assistant with passion and willingness to support ophthalmic nursing. The successful applicant would be expected to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in the department to achieve a high standard of care. Our busy department includes - Eye Casualty, Pre-operative assessment, AMD, glaucoma and other ophthalmic sub-specialties services and clinics. You would be expected to rotate throughout each area within the department and accross all BHRUT sites. Knowledge of ocular photography, OCT and Visual Fields is essentail for this post. However, we rely on good team work, excellent interpersonal and communication skills. We treat patients at our main hospital site in Romford and at other locations within the community to enable us to provide expert treatment closer to patients' homes. If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, then you are welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely as a member of the nursing team within agreed standards of nursing care and competencies to provide high quality of nursing care in direct and indirect client care, including clerical and administrative support.

To participate and contribute to the team in maintaining and developing high standards of patient care.

To contribute to the provision of technical services which include visual acuity assessment, auto refraction, Humphreys visual field test assessment, Heidelberg retina tomography (HRT), optical coherence tomography (OCT), IOL master biometry assessment and other test required for the service.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Queen's Hospital

Rom Valley Way

Romford

RM7 0AG

Employer's website

https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Queen's Hospital

Rom Valley Way

Romford

RM7 0AG

Employer's website

https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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