Ophthalmic Assistant

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in London is seeking an Ophthalmic Assistant to join their ophthalmology team. The successful candidate will provide evidence-based nursing care, assess and document patient care, and mentor junior staff. Ideal for those with extensive nursing experience, this full-time role offers a chance to work in a dedicated healthcare setting focused on patient care.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Staff Nurse in a similar healthcare environment.
• Sound knowledge and experience within various clinical specialties.
• Demonstrable experience in mentoring junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Ensure documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales.
• Provide excellent, evidence-based nursing care for patients.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate each patient's care.

Skills

Excellent people skills

Good communication

Observation ability

Mentoring junior staff

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Go back The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth

Ophthalmic Assistant

The closing date is 28 November 2025

Applicants are advised to apply directly using the following link:

https://hje.kallidusrecruit.com/vacancyinformation.aspx?vguid=58689dc1-856b-4f3e-ad69-9a75899f7f21

Please note, only applications received through the employer's website will be reviewed.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an Ophthalmic Assistant to join our busy ophthalmology team in the Outpatient Department. The Outpatient Department provides services for a variety of specialties including orthopaedics, ophthalmic, urology, obstetrics-gynaecology, dermatology, plastics, rheumatology, neurology.

These role would ideally suit an experienced Ophthalmic Technician who can support our consultant body and patients by performing a range of scans including OCT, Topography, Biometry, Visual Fields, Visual Acuities and pressures. We have recently expanded the service and invested in new equipment to be able to offer a dedicated service. We also perform procedures within the department including chalazions and blepharoplasties in our minor procedures suite.

About us

Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our luxury private Hospital has an international reputation for providing the highest quality of care to patients and is unique in that all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns.

Job responsibilities

• To ensure documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales using Hospital approved documentation, in line with NMC and Hospital guidelines.
• To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence based nursing care for patients.
• Ensure that each patient is assessed, and that their care is planned, implemented and evaluated, and that this is accurately documented.
• Ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring and safe environment for patients and their families.
• To communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, care's and other staff, overcoming any barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Staff Nurse in a similar healthcare environment
• Excellent people skills, good communication and observation ability
• To have sound knowledge and experience within the various clinical specialties
• Demonstrable experience in mentoring junior staff
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Adhere to the Code of Conduct for Nursing and the Data Protection Act
• Ability to work under pressure and with high volumes of work during peak times

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.

Employer name

The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth