Ophthalmic Imaging Technician

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.