Job summary
- Main area
- SURGERY
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 10 months (Fixed term/Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 162-7516-SURG
- Employer
- Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Eye Unit
- Town
- Romford
- Salary
- £32,199 - £34,876 Per Annum HCA inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 4 Healthcare Assistant (Maternity Cover)
Band 4
PEOPLE are at the HEART of everything we do
This video gives a flavour of what it is like to work at our Trust and why some of our staff love working here 💙
Job overview
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely as a member of the nursing team within agreed standards of nursing care and competencies to provide high quality of nursing care in direct and indirect client care, including clerical and administrative support.
To participate and contribute to the team in maintaining and developing high standards of patient care.
To contribute to the provision of technical services which include visual acuity assessment, auto refraction, Humphreys visual field test assessment, Heidelberg retina tomography (HRT), optical coherence tomography (OCT), IOL Master biometry assessment and other test required for the service.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in this film.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Rachna Srivastava Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma in healthcare related studies or equivalent ophthalmic skills/qualifications
- Care Certificate
Desirable criteria
- Degree in healthcare related field
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working in ophthalmology as a healthcare assistant at band 2
- Substantial experience of working in ophthalmology as a healthcare assistant at band 3 or above.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ade Ogungbose
- Job title
- Lead Nurse Ophthalmology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01708 435 000
- Additional information
Ext 6964
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