Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Ophthalmic Imaging Technician to join our Eye Day Case Unit Team in Basingstoke. 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 to provide 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. The role involves 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.
Main duties of the job
Undertake a range of pre-defined procedures, for which specific training has been given under the direction of the Senior Ophthalmic Imager or Registered 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, acting in the patients’ best interests at all times. Record all tests on the relevant patient records.
Working for our organisation
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.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description document attached.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. GCSE in English and Maths (or equivalent skill level)
2. Evidence of personal development
Desirable criteria
3. NVQ level 3 or equivalent
4. Imaging qualification
5. Ophthalmic qualification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
6. Previous experience within a healthcare setting
7. Excellent computer skills including Word processing and use of Excel.
Desirable criteria
8. Previous experience within ophthalmology
9. Basic knowledge and understanding of ophthalmic anatomy and physiology and disease processes
10. Experience in using digital photographic techniques
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
11. Good communication skills – able to communicate verbally and in writing to staff, patients and relatives.
12. Ability to prioritise workload and manage own time effectively
13. Able to build effective working relationships with staff and colleagues
14. Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
15. IT skills
16. Patient focused
17. Analyses problems and implements effective and appropriate solutions
18. Ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
Desirable criteria
19. Ability to train others
20. Visual acuity/ field testing
21. Analyses problems and contributes to finding solutions