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Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (BucksVision)

Employer
RNIB
Location
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury HP21 8AL
Salary
£24,860 per annum
Closing date
14 Nov 2018

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Function
Administration
Sector
Disability, Health & Medical
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

This is an exciting job opportunity for a friendly and empathetic professional to join BucksVision as Eye Clinic Liaison Officer. 

In this role, you will provide an Information and Advice Service at Stoke Mandeville Hospital (with support to patients at Amersham and Wycombe hospitals). You will be working in the eye clinic offering a person centred support service to blind and partially sighted people, family members and carers at the point of diagnosis.

Each day you will be providing emotional support and raising awareness of services that empower visually impaired people to make informed choices to maintain and develop their independence.
Key to this role will be your excellent communication skills – verbal, written and presentation skills - to effectively communicate with patients, carers, hospital and social care staff.

In exchange we offer a competitive salary, a stimulating and supportive working environment and a benefits package including:

•    26 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), which increase with service
•    Excellent pension schemes

If you would like to apply for this great job opportunity please click the apply button. 

Closing date for applications: Midnight of 14th November 2018.
Interview date: TBC.

This role is eligible for an enhanced criminal record check which includes a check of the children and adults’ barred lists as the role holder will provide advice and guidance to children which relates to their physical and emotional well being and adults which relates to personal care because of their disability.

BucksVision is a local charity supporting blind and partially sighted people in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. We are a registered charity and company limited by guarantee, with an annual turnover of approximately £300k. Since 2014 we are part of the RNIB Group. We run social clubs and training courses across the county for people with sight loss and also have volunteers supporting patients in several eye clinics in Buckinghamshire.

Company

RNIB (the Royal National Institute of Blind People) is a large, national charity offering information, support and advice to two million blind and partially sighted people throughout the UK. Founded in 1868, RNIB has an annual income of more than £114m, over 1,700 employees and 4,800 volunteers. It is headquartered in London.

RNIB’s vision is of a world where people who are blind and partially sighted enjoy the same rights, responsibilities, opportunities and quality of life as people who are fully sighted.

RNIB began life as in 1868 as the British and Foreign Blind Association for Improving the Embossed Literature of the Blind. It was founded by a partially sighted doctor, Thomas Rhodes Armitage. In 1949 the charity received a Royal Charter and, in 1953, changed its name to the Royal National Institute for the Blind. In 2002, RNIB became a membership organisation and changed its name again - to the Royal National Institute of Blind People, rather than for Blind People. Under RNIB’s Royal Charter and Bye-laws, the majority of its trustees must be blind or partially sighted.

One of the charity’s flagship services, Talking Books, began in 1935 and is still very popular. It gives access to 23,000 fiction and non-fiction books for adults and children. Subscribers can receive the books on a CD, USB stick, an app or mp3 format. They can also use RNIB’s digital download service or borrow from 22,000 braille books and 5,000 giant print books.

The charity runs an online shop and has four resource centres which sell accessible products. Products include talking clocks and watches, large button telephones, cookery aids and tactile toys and games.

RNIB’s Helpline has been running since 1997. Callers through the Helpline can reach the charity’s advice and counselling teams. The Advice Service is able to give advice to blind and partially sighted people, carers, friends, relatives and organisations helping people with sight loss. Common issues include eye conditions, registering sight loss, employment, education and benefits.

RNIB’s Counselling Team is a small group of telephone and online counsellors who give people struggling with the onset of sight loss the opportunity to talk about their feelings and gain support. Calls or sessions are not charged.

RNIB has recently decided to amalgamate its 24,000 membership in a new community called RNIB Connect. Membership is free and includes the charity’s 8,000 strong campaigning network and the charity Action for Blind People’s Action Connect online community (Action for Blind People became an associate charity of RNIB in 2009).

RNIB is also an active campaigning charity. It has 8,000 campaign supporters and campaign staff stationed across the UK. Recent campaigns have concerned the new Personal Independence Payments and changes to Attendance Allowance. The charity also undertakes permanent campaigning on transport and retail accessibility and pavement obstructions.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0303 123 9999
Location
105 Judd Street,
London
London
WC1H 9NE
GB

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