Nursing Assistant

We are a busy Ophthalmology Outpatient department treating over 106,000 adults and children a year in the full range of ophthalmology clinics, including an Eye Emergency department. Our team is made up of over several members of staff, including specialist nurses, nursing assistants, band 4 assistant practitioners, Eye Clinic Liaison Officers and a department housekeeper. As a Band 3 Nursing Assistant you will have a great opportunity to build upon your existing knowledge and skills. Being welcomed as part of our happy, dynamic team you will assist the Doctors and Nurses running clinics for adults and children from Monday to Sunday. Whilst our main clinics are at the John Radcliffe hospital, as part of this role, you will be expected to support clinical activity across other Trust locations (Satellite community clinics) when cover is required. Our current peripheral sites include community clinic bases in Wantage, Banbury, Abingdon, Witney, Bicester and others. Please note that there is an expectation for flexibility, and should additional peripheral community clinic locations be established in the future, you will be required to travel to these sites as part of your role. Having a confident, outgoing, kind personality with the energy and commitment to providing great quality care, you will interact well with patients and colleagues helping the service to run smoothly and our patients to have a positive experience of their time with us having been treated with respect, dignity and compassion. In return, we will offer you training and development in order that you can deliver skills such as taking bloods, assessing patient's vision and instilling eye drops. We recognise the valuable role of the Nursing Assistant and as such the Trust has its own Nursing Assistant Academy to promote your education and development. If you don't already have it, you will start with completing The Care Certificate which consists of 15 standards which provide you with fundamental knowledge, confidence and skills to enable you to provide compassionate care to our patients unsupervised. To be considered for this post we just ask that you have some experience in a healthcare role, communicate well, have a positive, 'can-do' attitude and can demonstrate a real passion for the work we do. If you have never thought about working 'in eyes' before, you will be amazed how interesting the specialty is and don't worry; we will give you a comprehensive induction and you will soon be amazed at how fast your knowledge and skills grow - along with your passion to develop your career in the specialty. Our working hours are a mix of several shift patterns, including but not limited to, 7:30am/8am to 6:00pm/6:30pm (or later finish, depending on Departmental needs) Monday to Sunday.

Desirable criteria

• NVQ 2/3 in care or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• Maths and English GCSE

Technical/Clinical/ ProfessionalEssential criteria

• Has up-to-date knowledge of or insight into: Basic Nursing Skills.
• Able to work within a team and make a positive contribution.
• Understands the need to work within the boundaries of the role.
• Experience of working in an outpatient setting or insights into how outpatients' function.
• Previous experience in a healthcare setting.

Desirable criteria

• Has up-to-date knowledge of or insight into: Basic Nursing Ophthalmic Skills., Able to use initiative within the boundaries of the role.
• Demonstrates a positive approach to problem solving.
• Demonstrates ability to get on with others and promote teamwork.
• Able to organise self and others to achieve delegated tasks.
• Essential IT skills in order to access required systems such as electronic patient records., Willing to undertake self-development activities to improve effectiveness.
• Expresses a genuine desire to work in ophthalmology and/or outpatients.
• Demonstrates valuing others and embraces diversity.
• Achieves agreed objectives in such a way as to develop and enhance working relationships.
• Is sensitive to the impact and implications of decisions and activities on other professionals and the organisation.

Desirable criteria

• Able to work flexibly in changing circumstances.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, trainin