The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute medical and surgical services for a population of around 400,000 people. The Trust provides a supportive work environment where knowledge is shared and professional development is encouraged. The Trust has extensive educational links and a flexible learning strategy.
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Health care assistant to join our friendly and enthusiastic team.
The successful candidate will assist in providing high quality care to patients/clients in all clinical areas - Outpatients, diagnostic and treatment clinics, Eye Casualty, Pre assessment, held across all three sites. RCHT, Falmouth out-patients department and west Cornwall hospital in Penzance.
We are offering the applicant the opportunity to further their professional development in these unique surroundings, creating your own professional development plan within our department to gain a wide range of experience.
Please note that sponsorship is not guaranteed. Please discuss any sponsorship requirements or working hours per week limits (due to your current visa) that you may have at interview.
To contribute to the optimum delivery of care for the ophthalmic patient by assisting all healthcare and clinical staff to meet the needs for this group of patients.
To ensure that privacy and dignity is respected at all times.
T o have a good understanding of the complex needs of this group of patients.
To assist the team in providing an excellent service at all times by ensuring a good knowledge of the patient and service requirements.
To perform Ophthalmic tests for our patients, to include, visual fields, tonopen tonometry, ECG, bloods, and autorefraction.
To participate in the weekend On-call rota where relevant.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.
The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.
The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.
We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.
Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.
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To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
Identity Checks
Professional registration and qualification checks
Employment history and reference checks
Work health assessments
Criminal record check standards
Right to work checks
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
