Ophthalmic Technician
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Date: 18 hours ago
City: Stevenage, England
Contract type: Full time
We are recruiting for an Ophthalmic Technician who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
To work as part of the ophthalmic team, delivering an unsupervised, high quality technical and specialist service. Performing visual assessments including visual acuity, visual fields, measuring intra ocular pressure. The post holder will learn how to interpret the test and report to the senior staff. (KSF Dimension HWB5 Level 1)
To work within all clinical areas of ophthalmology including day-care surgery, outpatient clinics across all three sites, to work within the intravitreal injection service supporting the injectors and some administrative tasks.
Work collaboratively and cooperatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families (KSF Dimension 5 Level 1)
To be based at Lister Treatment Centre and to also cover sessions at New QEII and Hertford County. Allowed 30 mins travel between sites.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Performing multiple visual assessments, learning how to interpret the test and report to the senior staff.
Achieve knowledge and skills in ophthalmology with the support of the team.
To work within the intravitreal injection service supporting the patients and injectors, from admission through to discharge.
To work within the ophthalmology team on the day care ward admitting and preparing patients for surgery through to their discharge.
To process patients through the outpatient clinic sessions working with the registered nurses and wider ophthalmic team.
Assist with clerical and administrative duties as required.
Maintain regular contact with the senior team member and communicate all relevant issues.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We Run The Following Hospitals
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tebeth Masawi Job title: CNS OPHTHALMOLOGY Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01438288112
Mobile: 07788417548
or Edward Daileg, Karen Glass or Akos Owusu-Asare on number as above
To work as part of the ophthalmic team, delivering an unsupervised, high quality technical and specialist service. Performing visual assessments including visual acuity, visual fields, measuring intra ocular pressure. The post holder will learn how to interpret the test and report to the senior staff. (KSF Dimension HWB5 Level 1)
To work within all clinical areas of ophthalmology including day-care surgery, outpatient clinics across all three sites, to work within the intravitreal injection service supporting the injectors and some administrative tasks.
Work collaboratively and cooperatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families (KSF Dimension 5 Level 1)
To be based at Lister Treatment Centre and to also cover sessions at New QEII and Hertford County. Allowed 30 mins travel between sites.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Performing multiple visual assessments, learning how to interpret the test and report to the senior staff.
Achieve knowledge and skills in ophthalmology with the support of the team.
To work within the intravitreal injection service supporting the patients and injectors, from admission through to discharge.
To work within the ophthalmology team on the day care ward admitting and preparing patients for surgery through to their discharge.
To process patients through the outpatient clinic sessions working with the registered nurses and wider ophthalmic team.
Assist with clerical and administrative duties as required.
Maintain regular contact with the senior team member and communicate all relevant issues.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We Run The Following Hospitals
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tebeth Masawi Job title: CNS OPHTHALMOLOGY Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01438288112
Mobile: 07788417548
or Edward Daileg, Karen Glass or Akos Owusu-Asare on number as above
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