Ophthalmic Photography Technician

Countess of Chester Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Chester is seeking an Ophthalmic Photography Technician to join their Ophthalmology team. The role involves providing comprehensive ophthalmic photography services, managing a caseload, and mentoring junior staff. Candidates should possess strong communication skills, experience in ophthalmic photography, and a commitment to patient care. Competitive salary and professional development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Professional development opportunities

Holidays and leave entitlements

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering ophthalmic photography services.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage own caseload.
• Willingness to undertake additional training as required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver efficient and skilled ophthalmic photography services.
• Mentor junior staff and manage your own workload.
• Perform glaucoma monitoring photography for patients.

Skills

Ophthalmic photography

Technical services

Patient communication

Mentoring skills

Digital Imaging

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• You will be expected to attend additional training when required and maintain CPD.
• 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 the Trust / Location

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.

See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.