Eye Care Assistant

Position\: Eye Care Assistant
Rank\: Patient Care Assistant II
Department/ Cluster\: Department of Ophthalmology, Kowloon East Cluster
Pay\: HK$22,174 – HK$25,195 per month
Up to 5% of total basic salary as end-of-contract gratuity may be offered to contract staff upon completion of the contract subject to satisfactory performance.

Key Responsibilities\:

1. Assist health care professionals to perform ophthalmic clinical and investigative procedures in consultation room/treatment room/operating room of day surgery centre;
2. Perform general and ophthalmic investigations, such as blood pressure taking, blood sugar test, instillation of eye drops, measurement of intra-ocular pressure, computer assisted tomography and photography, ophthalmic imaging, visual acuity test, autorefraction, specular microscopy and visual field test, etc;
3. Perform daily disinfection, care and maintenance of medical equipment and ensure ophthalmic instruments, equipment and physical work environment are in good condition;
4. Support daily operation and perform direct or indirect patient care related duties under guidelines and/or supervision, such as operation listing, coordination work of patient flow, patient education, health promotion activities, handling of patient/public enquiries, support to clinical audit/research, etc;
5. Assist in inventory keeping of medical consumables and equipment;
6. Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Entry Requirements\:
1. Completed F.5/ S.5 or equivalent with
(i) 5 subjects passed in HKCEE including English Language (Syllabus B) and Chinese Language, or equivalent; OR
(ii) 5 subjects in HKDSE attaining the level specified below\:
- Level 2 in English Language and Chinese Language; AND
- Level 2 in New Senior Secondary subjects / “Attained” in Applied Learning subjects (subject to a maximum of 2 subjects under this category) / Grade E in Other Language subjects; or equivalent;
2. Completed Corporate Patient Care Assistant (Eye Care Assistant) Training Program organized by Hospital Authority (HA) (see Remarks);
3. Good command of English and Chinese, written and spoken.

Preferred Attributes\:
1. Holder of Health Care Assistant or Care-related Support Worker (CRSW) certificate;
2. Possess relevant working experience in health care setting;
3. Proficiency in common computer software, including MS office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) and Chinese word processing;
4. Good interpersonal and communication/presentation skills;
5. Self-motivated, willing to learn and able to work independently.