Senior Ophthalmic Assistant — Lead Clinic & Imaging Team

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Shrewsbury

On-site

GBP 21,000 - 28,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is seeking two full‑time Ophthalmic Assistants to join the Ophthalmology Outpatients Department at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Successful applicants will be ready to step up to Senior Assistant and mentor Band 2 trainees and Band 3 Ophthalmic Assistants.

Occasional cross‑site work to The Princess Royal Hospital is possible, and the service relocation to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 2028 will be managed through formal change processes.

Responsibilities

Visual acuities (Snellen and LogMar)
To carry out Optos Widefield Retinal imaging
To assess pupil reaction and detection of RAPD
Assisting scrub nurses with minor ops & intravitreal injections
To Perform and assess junior staff on Humphrey Visual Fields Analysis as well as ocular coherence tomography to include multimodal fundus imaging.
To coordinate the outpatient clinic under indirect supervision to ensure smooth running of the department. This will involve dealing with a wide variety of calls received into the department in addition to ensuring the wellbeing of junior staff

Job description

Occasional cross‑site work to The Princess Royal Hospital is possible, and the service relocation to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 2028 will be managed through formal change processes.

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