199062 Healthcare Support Worker

This Ophthalmology HCSW role will involve working as part of a multidisciplinary team, assisting with the provision of high quality patient care within our Ophthalmology department.

The role provides an exciting opportunity to develop specialist skills, unique to Ophthalmology, in order to meet the needs of patients attending the department.

The Ophthalmology department consists of a busy out- patients department where patients with general eye complaints, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and diabetic eye disease as well as eye casualties attend and a day surgery unit where a variety of eye surgeries are performed.

The way we deliver eye care has recently changed, with an increasing number of patients being seen in our 'virtual' clinics.

The successful applicant will be heavily involved in these, and will be expected to play a part in the refinement and evolution of these clinics going forward., If you are a member of staff please ensure you update your Jobtrain profile to reflect that you are employed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.