Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology - Orthoptics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 193-6425355PCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pro-rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Ophthalmic Technician (P/T 30 hrs p/w)
NHS AfC: Band 4
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
Band 4 Senior Ophthalmic Technician
This is a part-time post for 20 hours per week.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 4 Senior Ophthalmic Technician to join our expanding team of Ophthalmic Technicians, supporting 17 Consultant Ophthalmologists working across the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
Services are provided across Berkshire and South Oxfordshire with clinics held in Reading, Thatcham, Windsor, Bracknell, and Henley-on-Thames - you will therefore be required to work across multiple sites.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be required to deliver the technical aspects of a patient’s ophthalmic care, including undertaking automated visual field assessments, imaging using OCT and Optos, and corneal mapping using the Pentacam.
They will also be required to facilitate the safe and effective running of virtual ophthalmic services across Berkshire.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country.
The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority.
The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.
With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide technical support to the Ophthalmology service.
- To independently assess and interpret visual acuity measurements.
- To independently perform accurate imaging of the eye using OCT on a range of patients referred from the ophthalmology service.
- To independently perform accurate visual field assessment using the Humphrey Visual Field Analyser on a range of patients referred from the ophthalmology service.
- To undertake retinal photography using the Optos Camera for patients attending the eye clinic.
- To undertake intraocular pressure measurement using Reichert ORA, i-Care tonometry.
- To undertake corneal mapping using Pentacam.
- To be able to exchange information with patients using persuasion and reassurance to ensure best test results while making sure the patient is comfortable – many patients will be elderly and require moderate physical help. Empathy is needed when dealing with patients with sight threatening and life changing sight problems.
- To liaise with other staff within the service to ensure a good patient experience, keep visits to a minimum and maximise resources.
- To communicate well with all members of the team and demonstrate a courteous and helpful approach to patients and visitors.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent experience
- GCSE English and Maths
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ophthalmic Technician Experience
- Knowledge of Equipment Maintenance
Desirable criteria
- Single Handed Clinics
- Interpreting Results
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gillian Smith
- Job title
- Acting Deputy Head Orthoptist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01183227681
- Additional information
Greg Richardson ( Head Orthoptist) via [email protected]
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