Senior Ophthalmic Technician

This role is for a part time Senior Ophthalmic Technician working 18.5 hours a week across 2 days on a temporary contract.
You will be required to work as an autonomous Ophthalmic Technician, whilst also working as part of, and contributing to, a multi-disciplinary Ophthalmic team across the Ashford and St Peters' Trust as well as satellite sites run by the trust currently including Woking Community Hospital.
You will undertake various ophthalmic diagnostic tests required during busy clinics including OCT (anterior and posterior), autofluorescence, red free, multicolour and colour fundus photography on various pieces of equipment as well as corneal topography and specular microscopy. You will also be required to perform visual field tests and be willing to learn new skills to support all clinics in the Ophthalmology Department.
You will work in both the main outpatient clinics as well as digital surveillance clinics covering a wide variety of eye conditions including; AMD, diabetic maculopathy/retinopathy, corneal conditions, glaucoma and other 'general' pathologies., This role mainly focusses on the provision of professional and high quality ophthalmic imaging services using a range of imaging modalities to include Optical Coherence Tomography, retina photography, corneal topography, specular microscopy, visual field tests, IOL biometry and vision testing. As technology/equipment evolves the role will expand to include usage of new technologies. The role is to undertake ophthalmic imaging of patients in the clinical environment which meets the technical standards and clinical requirement set by the ophthalmic department and Trust policies respectively. You will produce high quality and accurate digital images to comply with clinicians requests which illustrate relevant ocular features and pathologies. There is a legal requirement to make sure records are kept accurately, are maintained and achieved in accordance to the data protection act 1998 and the trust information governance guidelines/policies. The role also requires the
post holder to be confident and approachable to assist with training other staff to use the ophthalmic equipment if required. You would also be required to take care of the equipment and report faults and issues to the relevant companies who supply the equipment and to the Lead for Ophthalmic Imaging and Ophthalmic Photographer when appropriate.

Looking for a friendly, confident self-motivated individual who works well on their own as well as part of a team to produce a high standard of accurate and detailed imaging for clinicians to use for diagnostic and monitoring purposes. Ideally with experience using varied ophthalmic imaging equipment and software management systems.
During busy clinics the main part of the role is to perform Optical Coherence Tomography of the maculae and discs as well as specified areas of the retina and to use different fundus cameras to document eye pathologies required for baseline and monitoring measures. Corneal clinics require use of corneal topography imaging and corneal microscopy for endothelial cell counts. Generally the role requires the ability to work with all aspects of the ophthalmic setting within clinic including imaging, vision testing and visual fields.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
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