Ophthalmic Photography Technician

Job summary

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Ophthalmic Photography Technician to join the busy team within Ophthalmology, to provide a comprehensive diagnostic Ophthalmic photography service to patients served by the Trust.

The successful candidate will undertake a wide range of duties with respect to ophthalmic photography for the ophthalmology department, in accordance with the needs of the Trust.

You will be expected to deliver an efficient, professional, skilled and broad range of technical services for the ophthalmology department using a wide range of equipment. You will undertake your own workload of patients and maintain associated records and mentor junior staff where required. The post holder will be expected to attend additional training when required and maintain CPD.

This post is Band 4 pending the outcome of an upcoming Trust Job Description Matching Panel Review.For any queries in relation to this, please contact Nicola Peate, Directorate Manager, on 01244 364046.

Main duties of the job

• The photography of patients for glaucoma monitoring within agreed timescales to specific Consultants.
• To work autonomously (following completion of competencies), and to be responsible for completing own caseload in required time scale.
• Provide an explanation to the patients of the specialist procedures they are undertaking
• Colour fundus macula photography using specialist equipment.
• Optical coherence photography of patients using Optical Coherence Tomography camera.
• Digital Fundus Auto Fluorescence Macula Photography of patients retinal using specialist imaging equipment.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.