Band 5 Ophthalmic Photographer

The Senior Ophthalmic Technician will provide technical support to the Ophthalmic Services in the Royal Eye Unit Outpatient Department supporting the Nurse practitioners to deliver services Glaucoma clinics. They will be responsible for the professional development of the ophthalmic technicians and Nursing assistants within the team., 1. Provide assessment and recording of visual acuity.
2. Instillation of eye drops as directed by clinical staff.
3. Provide scan images in line with agreed protocols and standard operating procedures.
4. Run Monitoring and Virtual clinics
5. Capture electronic images of ocular structures to include as appropriate: Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT), Biometry, Fields, Corneal thickness, Fluorescein Angiogram (FFA )/ Indocyanine green (ICG), Fundus photography and OCT optic discs (Glaucoma diagnostics) in
support of wider ophthalmology service developments.
6. Archiving images/extracting images from OCT and FFA/ICG for teaching purposes and research papers.
7. Set up of the unit, including the switching on equipment, reporting any technical problems, as appropriate prior to commencement of clinical activity., The Senior Ophthalmic Technician will provide technical support to the Ophthalmic Services in the Royal Eye Unit Outpatient Department supporting the Nurse practitioners to deliver services Glaucoma clinics. They will be responsible for the professional development of the ophthalmic technicians and Nursing assistants within the team.
Trust Culture and Values
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued, and value each other. To support this our five values are that we are all: -
Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wants
Safe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)
Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation.
Value each other - we all value each other's contribution
Inspiring - we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients.
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'