The post holder will support the Outpatient teams for the provision and overall smooth running of our clinical services.
You will receive training at the Bristol Eye Hospital 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 different working locations will be required, as well as the ability to provide services on days across the whole week, including weekends as and 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.
Following appropriate training and assessment you will be performing the following clinical care duties (this list is not exhaustive and will change with the service in line with developing competency frameworks):
An ability to understand and undertake all clinical duties carried out by assistant ophthalmic and vision scientists
Assist with intravitreal injections
Pachymetry
Stereo disc photos
Henson and Humphrey visual field testing
Blood Glucose Testing
Ensure patient’s quality of care and safety is maintained during their entire visit including escorting to & collecting from other departments within the hospital
Assist patients with their mobility in order that tests and examinations can be carried out
Support patients with personal care activities as necessary.
To undertake administrative and clerical duties, inputting data using computer systems, working at all times within information governance policies.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
