Ophthalmic Technician

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ophthalmic technician to work in the ophthalmic department in Wigan Eye Unit at Boston House and Leigh Infirmary. The unit sees patients with a number of ophthalmology conditions including medical retina and glaucoma.Working in a friendly environment you will carry out Ophthalmic technical and imaging procedures including OCT, Visual fields and visual acuity assessments.

Ophthalmic imaging experience is essential.

You must be able to travel independently across the Trust.

The post holder will have a flexible and adaptable approach to support the delivery of our ophthalmology services . We are recruiting to a 37.5 hour post, flexible working hours over 7 days will be expected., To operate advanced ophthalmic imaging equipment to collect information which assists in the diagnosis and management of sight threatening eye conditions. Equipment and software used includes Zeiss Humphrey Visual Field Analyser, Heidelberg Spectralis OCT / OCTA systems, Canon CX1 retinal camera, Tomey TMS Corneal Topography and others.

This role provides valuable technical support to our clinical team by obtaining data from a range of scans, imaging techniques and clinical assessments as appropriate to the extensive range of subspecialties which our eye unit covers.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values 'the WWL Way'.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.