Healthcare Assistant - Ophthalmology

Healthcare Assistant - Ophthalmology Chester, England

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time Chester, England 20270 - 21318 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Working Hours: 24 hours per week

Who Our Opportunity is for:
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Ophthalmology Department for band 2 Healthcare Assistant.

Covering a six day service Monday-Saturday from 7am -8pm varying shifts.

Healthcare Assistant required in a busy Ophthalmic outpatients department.

Under supervision and direction of the Registered Nurse/Midwife assist in delivery of the safe, high quality care to all patients
Assessing patients visual acuity, assisting senior Nurses and Doctors in the day to day running of clinics and day case ward patients.

Maintaining adequate stock levels. Maintaining a clean environment.

We are looking for flexible & dynamic staff to join our team

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.

The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enroll for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Healthcare Assistant - Ophthalmology
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

www.coch.nhs.uk
Chester, United Kingdom
$100 to $500 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Hospital
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