Patient Care Assistant II (Eye Care Assistant) [Tung Wah Eastern Hospital / Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital]

                                                                                                                             Application Deadline: 27 September 2026
                                                                                                            Date of Issue: 14 September 2026

                                    Vacancy Notification Circular No. HKIC260925   

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.

Preferable 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.

Remarks:

For All Applicants

1.  Please refer to https://www.ha.org.hk/haho/ho/hrd_jv/NotestoApplicants.pdf for “Notes to Applicants”.

2.  Applicants who do not meet entry requirement (2), if find suitable, will be employed to undergo at least 6 months’ on-the-job training including the Corporate Patient Care Assistant (Eye Care Assistant) Training Program organized by HA. Employment may be terminated if the selected applicant cannot pass the assessment after training.

Please submit online application on or before 27 September 2026. Please note that only on-line applications submitted via Hospital Authority Careers Webpage would be processed.

For enquiries, please telephone 2595 5853.