# Ophthalmic Imaging Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ophthalmic-imaging-technician/66ef4554-7f98-4650-bc5c-d5351e65818e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ophthalmic-imaging-technician/66ef4554-7f98-4650-bc5c-d5351e65818e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Basingstoke - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri 07:30 to 17:30) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T10:22:02.544Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hampshire/Basingstoke/Hampshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Ophthalmology/Ophthalmology-v8163964 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8163964?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ### 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 ### Skills and Ability **Essential** - Good communication skills – able to communicate verbally and in writing to staff, patients and relatives. - Ability to prioritise workload and manage own time effectively - Able to build effective working relationships with staff and colleagues - Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team - IT skills - Patient focused - Analyses problems and implements effective and appropriate solutions - Ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations **Desirable** - Ability to train others - Visual acuity/ field testing - Analyses problems and contributes to finding solutions ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Previous experience within a healthcare setting - Excellent computer skills including Word processing and use of Excel. **Desirable** - Previous experience within ophthalmology - Basic knowledge and understanding of ophthalmic anatomy and physiology and disease processes - Experience in using digital photographic techniques ### Training and Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE in English and Maths (or equivalent skill level) - Evidence of personal development **Desirable** - NVQ level 3 or equivalent - Imaging qualification - Ophthalmic qualification ## Documents - [jd band 3 ophthalmic technician (pdf, 513.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10465137) - [hhft employee rewards & benefits (pdf, 723.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=900) - [tackling climate change at hampshire hospitals (pdf, 4.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2900) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.