Senior Clinical Support Worker

Job overview

At present, University Hospitals of North Midlands is unable to offer visa sponsorship for Band 2 to Band 4 roles, as these positions do not meet the minimum salary and skill thresholds required under UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. In relation to Band 3 Senior Clinical Support Worker roles, we are currently able to recruit successfully from the domestic labour market and have a sufficient pool of suitably qualified and appointable candidates. As a result, visa sponsorship is not available for this role at this time. This position is kept under regular review and may change in the future should labour market conditions or service requirements alter.

Interviews If you are shortlisted for an interview for this role, you must bring evidence of the following qualifications:

• GCSE Maths and English at grade C/4 or Level 2 Functional Skills for Maths and English.

If you hold overseas GCSE equivalent qualifications, you will need to bring an ECCTIS comparability statement for you GCSE equivalent qualifications along with your original certificate

• A Full Care Certificate OR NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (we can only accept NVQ’s from a regulated awarding body).

If you do not bring the above qualifications to your interview, then the interview will not proceed.We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic nursing assistant to join our busy ophthalmology team.

Main duties of the job

In this post you will be responsible for providing some basic elements of patient care, assisting with procedures/chaperoning and organising the daily running of the clinics.

Your main clinic tasks will include perfoming patient vision tests and in supporting all clinics including

Macula Clinic

Pre assessment Clinic

Main Ophthalmology Clinic

County Eye Clinic

Poswillo Cataract Suite

Emergency Eye Clinic

Please note that if you are selected for an interview there will be a pre-interview English and Numeracy test for this role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Supporting/chaperoning patients during procedures and assisting the team where necessary.
• Organisation and running of individual clinics
• Removal of dressings and some simple dressing under supervision
• Patient observations, height weight and BMI
• Ensuring high standards of patient care and experience are met.
• Performing Vision Tests
• IOP readings
• Colour Vision Tests
• Assisting in theatre
• Booking appointments and adding patient referrals