Ophthalmic Technician with a special interest in Vision Screening

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust’s Orthoptic Department is recruiting an Ophthalmic Technician with a special interest in Vision Screening for a part-time 22.5-hour-per-week role at Band 4. The post involves travel between Warwick/Stratford Hospital Eye Units and school environments, and you will work as part of a multi-professional ophthalmology team to deliver high quality patient care.

You will undertake assessment, implementation and evaluation of patient care needs under indirect

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, caring and compassionate patient care with ophthalmic focus.
• Undertake assessment, implementation and evaluation of patient care needs under indirect supervision.

Job description

The Orthoptic Department at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity to recruit an Ophthalmic Technician with special interest in Vision Screening.

We’re Looking For Someone Who Is

• Passionate about eye care with a strong focus in paediatric ophthalmology
• Self motivated and proactive who will enjoy planning their own workload and diary.
• Adaptable and flexible and able to adjust roles or tasks as needed for the teams success.

This is a part time (22.5 hours per week) Band 4 role. The post involves working as part of the multi-professional ophthalmology team at Warwick/ Stratford Hospital Eye Units and also in school environments. The post involves travel between locations in the South Warwickshire and the Solihull areas.

The role of the Assistant Practitioner is to deliver a high quality, caring and compassionate patient care. The post holder will be undertake assessment, implementation and evaluation of patient care needs for a defined group of patients under the indirect supervision of a registered professional in their specialist area. The post holders are required to work as part of a team committed to delivering and improving a high standard of ophthalmic care within South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey.

This Can Be Accessed Via The Link Below

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We appreciate you completing the survey.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Verity Harkin Job title: Clinical Lead Orthoptist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01926 495321

Verity Extension 01926 495321 ext. 4058

Laura Oxford Lead Orthoptist Trust mobile: [phone]