Weekend Cataract Ward Clerk
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £23.00 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £23.00 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | Folkestone , CT19 4RH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A3111-24-0008 |
Summary
- To communicate effectively (written and verbally), respectfully and in a timely manner within the team. - To understand the principle of confidentiality, always communicating in a way that maintain the patients confidentiality. - To keep areas clean and to sanitise areas between each and every patient. - To perform relevant observations to establish baselines prior to surgery (HCA level). These include: - blood pressure, blood glucose and INR levels (if applicable). - Ensure all relevant clinical information is entered onto the clinical system prior to surgery and that a WHO form has been filled in correctly prior to surgery. - Administer any eye drops under a PSD (Patient Specific Directive) as instructed by the operating surgeon. - Sometime in front of a computer where high degrees of concentration are required and the ability to cope with interruptions. - Make the patient comfortable after surgery, by providing them with refreshment. - Go through the discharge summary with the patient making sure that they understand their post operative instructions. - Answer any questions that the patient may have and if you are unsure, ask a colleague for advice. - Give the patient their post operative eye drops and any other TTO medications. - Assist the nursing theatre team by labelling up clinical waste bags and taking it out to the large clinical waste bins to be collected. This list is not exhaustive and the successful candidate must be willing to undertake other duties, if appropriate when asked.