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Healthcare Assistant - Ophthalmology
The closing date is 29 July 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Ophthalmology Department for a Band 2 Healthcare Assistant.
Covering a five day service Monday-Friday from 7am -7pm varying shifts.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
* The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
* Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
* Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per 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.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Willingness and ability to undertake an NVQ level 2 in Health Care.
* Prepared to complete within six months of commencement
* Good level of general secondary education.
* NVQ level 2 in Health Care or associated health or Social Care or equivalent experience.
Knowledge and Experience
* Numeric and Literacy Skills
* Basic IT skills
* Basic understanding of NHS issues
* An understanding of organisation of nursing care
* Previous work / life experience requiring involvement with the public
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 name
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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