Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Ophthalmic Technician
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 396-NN-6609460-APST-Y
- Employer
- Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston Hospital Royal Eye Unit
- Town
- Kingston upon Thames
- Salary
- per annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer)
- Closing
- 02/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 5 Ophthalmic Photographer
Band 5
*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
Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ just under 5000 staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
The South West London Collaborative Bank
Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working!
Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits
The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and invests heavily in the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside opportunities for career development, there is a dedicated team of Staff Pastoral Wellbeing Practitioners who work with the Clinical and Corporate divisions, to provide pastoral support to all staff. These Practitioners are part of the wider Health & Wellbeing provision which includes a specialist Staff Physiotherapist, Occupational Health and access to counselling and an Employee Assistance Programme. The team works together to enhance staff wellbeing and to promote a healthy work-life balance.
Recent awards:
- Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year
- HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019
- NHSE National Healthcare Support Worker Award for Innovation and Excellence in Pastoral Support – 2023
- NHSE London Healthcare Support Worker Award for Sustainable Retention Initiative – 2023
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients
Job overview
The Senior Ophthalmic Technician will provide technical support to the Ophthalmic Services in the Royal Eye Unit Outpatient Department supporting the Nurse practitioners to deliver services Glaucoma clinics. They will be responsible for the professional development of the ophthalmic technicians and Nursing assistants within the team.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide assessment and recording of visual acuity.
2. Instillation of eye drops as directed by clinical staff.
3. Provide scan images in line with agreed protocols and standard operating procedures.
4. Run Monitoring and Virtual clinics
5. Capture electronic images of ocular structures to include as appropriate: Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT), Biometry, Fields, Corneal thickness, Fluorescein Angiogram (FFA )/ Indocyanine green (ICG), Fundus photography and OCT optic discs (Glaucoma diagnostics) in
support of wider ophthalmology service developments.
6. Archiving images/extracting images from OCT and FFA/ICG for teaching purposes and research papers.
7. Set up of the unit, including the switching on equipment, reporting any technical problems, as appropriate prior to commencement of clinical activity.
Working for our organisation
The Senior Ophthalmic Technician will provide technical support to the Ophthalmic Services in the Royal Eye Unit Outpatient Department supporting the Nurse practitioners to deliver services Glaucoma clinics. They will be responsible for the professional development of the ophthalmic technicians and Nursing assistants within the team.
Trust Culture and Values
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued, and value each other. To support this our five values are that we are all: -
Caring – we design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants
Safe – we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)
Responsible – all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation.
Value each other – we all value each other’s contribution
Inspiring – we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients.
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday’
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification (download) and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience as a Senior Ophthalmic Technician
- Years experience in Glaucoma Unit and handling monitoring and virtual clinics
Desirable criteria
- Carrying out assigned ophthalmic tasks e.g. visual acuity, OCT, Visual Fields etc.
- Ophthalmic photographic clinical skills and ability to work independently and show initiative
- Experience in staff management, appraisal and training
skills
Essential criteria
- Experience in training and supporting junior staff
- Advanced ophthalmic photography skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to manage change effectively
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.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mamibeth Mendy
- Job title
- Senior Nurse Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8934 3862
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