Clerical Officer AC

The Ophthalmology department requires an experienced clerical officer to work with the cataract unit team. You will be dealing with members of the public and patients and staff within the ophthalmology department of NHS Fife.

You will have excellent telephone communication skills to deal with multiple telephone calls from general practitioners, opticians, patients and other departments or health care organisations. We require you to be able to navigate around trakcare and organise appointments.

You will report to the Senior Charge Nurse Ophthalmology.

You will have excellent telephone communication skills to deal with multiple telephone calls from general practitioners, opticians, patients and other departments or health care organisations.

Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub • Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.

Please note the salary for this post is pro rata to part time hours.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

For informal enquiries, please contact Stacey Arnott, Senior Charge Nurse, Ophthalmology on 01592 643355 ext 24080.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Fife welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.