Employer Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Epsom and St Helier Hospital
Town Carshalton
Salary £31,081 - £33,665 Pro-rata pa inc HCAS (Outer)
Salary period Yearly
Closing 31/03/2025 23:59
Ophthalmic Technician
Band 4
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Ophthalmic Technician - Band 4
This is an exciting opportunity to join our highly-skilled, dedicated and supportive team as an Ophthalmic Technician within our nursing team. The Eye Department is based across two sites, St Helier and Epsom Hospital. We currently have a large nursing team working alongside 13 Consultant Ophthalmologists. Your role will involve working in a multi-disciplinary team where you will consolidate and improve your own current ophthalmic knowledge.
You will contribute to the assessment of patients attending the Ophthalmic department at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals across multiple sites. The post holder will work without direct supervision to provide a high-quality technical service under the direction of the Head of Orthoptics and Optometry.
You are also expected to participate in departmental teaching and clinical audit.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute to the assessment of patients attending the Ophthalmic department at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals across multiple sites. The post holder will work without direct supervision to provide a high-quality technical service including diagnostic testing and imaging for adult and paediatric patients across a variety of sub-specialties under the direction of the Head Orthoptist and Clinical Leads.
* The post holder will provide a variety of diagnostic tests following training and achievement of competences. The tests required will include assessment of visual acuity, Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT) both posterior and anterior, Digital Retinal Imaging, Corneal Topography, Biometry and Visual Field Assessment.
* The post holder should have the ability to work closely with members of the multi-disciplinary teams.
* The post holder is expected to participate in departmental teaching and clinical audit.
* The post holder will work within standard operating procedures, departmental guidelines and protocols, usually without direct supervision.
* The post holder will work within a variety of ophthalmology clinics to meet the needs of the service.
* The post holder will have the opportunity to carry out school vision screening in accordance with the BIOS training programme.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and north east Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
The Eye Unit is a friendly, dynamic and forward-thinking department. We promote a patient-centered approach to all we do and support each other at all levels.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Previous Ophthalmology Experience
* Minimum of 5 GCSE’s grades C or above, or equivalent, in English, Maths and Science
* Education to A level standard.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Planning & Organisation
* Excellent organisational skills
* Ability to prioritise own workload
* Experience working with TOPCON, Zeiss and Heidelberg
* Previous experience of clinical teaching
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.
Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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