Job summary
Applications are invited from experienced Ophthalmic Technicians for the full-time permanent position of Ophthalmic Technical Services Manager based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. You will lead an enthusiastic and dedicated team of Ophthalmic Technicians working alongside medical, optometric, orthoptic and nursing staff to provide a diagnostic service for patients in a range of joint and virtual clinics at designated UHB Hospitals and remote diagnostic hubs.
In addition to the managerial responsibilities of the role you will have a caseload of new and follow-up patients and will be required to undertake a wide range of investigations and report the results to ophthalmologists and professional staff.
To be successful in this role you will need excellent communication skills, be approachable, reliable and be able to develop strong professional relationships with team members, senior managerial, clinical and administrative colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work alongside their HGS counterpart and take responsibility for the line management of the technician team at the Queen Elizabeth.
As the Lead technician you will be responsible for the planning and coordination of the diagnostic service ensuring that the technical team undertakes the diagnostic tests required by clinicians in a timely and accurate manner. You will be required to maintain and develop departmental policies, protocols and guidelines and ensure that they are adhered to.
You will be responsible for recruitment of new staff and facilitating the personal development of all technician staff at the QE. This includes undertaking appraisals and providing training and performance management within the technician team.
You will undertake a range of diagnostic investigations to include HVF, GVF, OCT, retinal imaging, immersion biometry and UBM and will be responsible for delivering theoretical and practical training to staff to ensure they meet departmental competency standards.
The position necessitates an individual with strong leadership skills and a caring nature who thrives working in a busy department with an interesting and varied caseload.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * BSc in biological or physiological science or equivalent
- * 5 GCSEs at grade C or above to include English language and mathematics
Experience
Essential
- * General and Clinical Management
- * Extensive Human Resource Management
- * Clinical Leadership
- * Clinical Audit and Critical Analysis
- * Clinical Incident Investigations
- * Protocol and Clinical Guideline Writing
- * Significant experience of working within the NHS in eye care
- * Specialist clinical training
- * Significant clinical experience working with adults including adults who have significant sensory impairment or learning difficulties
- * Significant experience managing technician-led ophthalmic services
- * Experience contributing to departmental audits.
- * Experience undertaking clinical audit and research
- * Experience presenting audit findings at departmental meetings
- * Documentary evidence of CPD to demonstrate knowledge of up-to-date technical / clinical advancements and methods
- * Technical knowledge of how to set up and operate Humphrey and Goldmann Analysers and how to modify testing to ensure accuracy of the results obtained
- * Knowledge of refractive errors and how they are corrected with spectacles
- * Technical knowledge of how to operate automated lens analyser to assess single vision, bifocal and varifocal lenses
- * Knowledge of how to select the most appropriate method for assessing visual acuity taking into account the ability and understanding of individual patients
- * Knowledge of information governance, health and safety,infection control, safeguarding
- * Knowledge and highly developed skills in all ophthalmic science services and experience in clinic planning, scheduling, workforce planning, general management, all aspects of human resource management and clinical leadership, commensurate with a 8 to 10 years career development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * BSc in biological or physiological science or equivalent
- * 5 GCSEs at grade C or above to include English language and mathematics
Experience
Essential
- * General and Clinical Management
- * Extensive Human Resource Management
- * Clinical Leadership
- * Clinical Audit and Critical Analysis
- * Clinical Incident Investigations
- * Protocol and Clinical Guideline Writing
- * Significant experience of working within the NHS in eye care
- * Specialist clinical training
- * Significant clinical experience working with adults including adults who have significant sensory impairment or learning difficulties
- * Significant experience managing technician-led ophthalmic services
- * Experience contributing to departmental audits.
- * Experience undertaking clinical audit and research
- * Experience presenting audit findings at departmental meetings
- * Documentary evidence of CPD to demonstrate knowledge of up-to-date technical / clinical advancements and methods
- * Technical knowledge of how to set up and operate Humphrey and Goldmann Analysers and how to modify testing to ensure accuracy of the results obtained
- * Knowledge of refractive errors and how they are corrected with spectacles
- * Technical knowledge of how to operate automated lens analyser to assess single vision, bifocal and varifocal lenses
- * Knowledge of how to select the most appropriate method for assessing visual acuity taking into account the ability and understanding of individual patients
- * Knowledge of information governance, health and safety,infection control, safeguarding
- * Knowledge and highly developed skills in all ophthalmic science services and experience in clinic planning, scheduling, workforce planning, general management, all aspects of human resource management and clinical leadership, commensurate with a 8 to 10 years career development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
