We are looking to recruit an Ophthalmic Imaging Technician to join our Virtual Clinic in the Butterfield Ophthalmology Unit Team in Winchester. This dynamic role involves working as part of the Ophthalmic Imaging Team in the provision of a high-quality specialist diagnostic imaging service to the department of Ophthalmology.
The main responsibilities of this role are to assist the multidisciplinary team in providing an efficient and effective ophthalmic service. Duties include performing various ophthalmic investigations including visual field, OCT, eye pressure, and visual acuity testing, which assesses the visual function of patients attending the eye clinic. The role also includes ocular imaging and day-to-day administrative tasks. A key element is to assist medical teams in providing gold standard patient care, meeting and interacting with patients in a friendly and professional manner.
This role helps ensure the smooth running of ophthalmic clinics, ensuring that the medical workforce is free to make clinical decisions on the next steps in the patient’s pathway. It also enables a virtual clinical review, where the technician can perform the ophthalmic imaging and in a different virtual session the doctor can complete a virtual review of the patient, ensuring that more patients can be reviewed by the doctor than in a face-to-face clinic and the patient does not experience long waits to see the doctor in clinic.
Undertake a range of pre-defined procedures, for which specific training has been given under the direction of the Senior Ophthalmic Nurse. To carry out all tests to a high standard, ensuring the individual needs of patients are met, maintaining the patient’s privacy and dignity, and acting in the patients’ best interests at all times. Record all tests on the relevant patient records.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement, and excellence thrive.
This is a 12-month fixed-term role to cover maternity. Please note that we do not support sponsorship within this role.
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