Lead Ophthalmic Technician

Job summary

Are you an Ophthalmic technician looking for an exciting new role? As a Lead Ophthalmic technician, you will provide an efficient specialised support service to all patients allocated for diagnostic testing and face to face assessment.

The post holder will work alongside members of the medical, medical imaging, administrative, nursing team and other allied health professionals. They will support the research nursing staff and medical team in providing high quality individualised care to a defined group of service users, relatives, and carers, ensuring the safety and well-being of service users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person-centred care principles.

The post holder will supervise and teach/train all members of the multidisciplinary team in ophthalmic imaging.

The post holder will be responsible for all aspects of the maintenance of ophthalmic imaging equipment. Work with IT to network new equipment and troubleshooting issues with existing equipment.

Main duties of the job

Communication and relationship skills, liaising with other team members as well as patients ensuring that information delivered is understood fully

Technical skills and experience including being able to undertake vision acuity tests using Logmar and Snellen formulation independently; and performing a range of other ophthalmology tests as described in the job description.

Responsibility for ensuring equipment is available and in good working order, arranging repairs when required

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About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.