Ophthalmic Technician

Freeman Hospital; Carthage (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Ophthalmic Technician to join the Ophthalmic Medical Photography Team. This brand-new role offers a unique starting point to a new career path with full training provided.

We are looking for hardworking, motivated individuals who are patient-focused and able to work within a dedicated, supportive team. Interview date: Tuesday 13 October 2026. 37.5 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic IT skills are desirable for daily use of reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide visual assessments including visual fields, visual acuity, and IOP measurement to aid clinical decisions.
• Participate in research and medical audit projects as required.
• Perform administrative and clerical tasks to support service efficiency.

Skills

Good verbal and written communication

Basic IT skills

Education

2 A-Levels (C or above) or NVQ Level 3

Job description

Ophthalmic Technician

Band 3

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

Looking for something different and exciting, look no further as we have an amazing opportunity to come and join our Ophthalmic Medical Photography Team. The brand new role of Ophthalmic Technician offers the right person a unique starting point to a new career path.

Are you hard working, motivated, enthusiastic, organised, patient focused and looking to work as part of a dedicated friendly supportive team, then you are the person we are looking for. Make today count and apply to join the fantastic work force supporting Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals.

• Interview Date Tuesday 13 October 2026


• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

You will be involved in undertaking pressure measurements, visual fields / visual acuity testing, Pentacam imaging and other clinical techniques essential to the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of ophthalmic disorders. Keen to learn new skills and take on new challenges then this post is for you, full training will be given.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)


• Freeman Hospital


• Newcastle Dental Hospital


• Cramlington Manor Walks


• Urgent treatment centres


• Newcastle Fertility Centre


• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria


• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To provide visual assessments including but not limited to visual fields, visual acuity, pentacam and intra-ocular pressure (IOP) measurement which provide information for clinical decisions / treatments of eye and neurological conditions.


• Participate in research and medical audit projects as and when required.


• To perform administrative and clerical task as necessary for the efficiency of the service.

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Person specification

KNOWLEDGE

Desirable criteria

• Background knowledge of common eye disorders and eye related neurological conditions

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good verbal and written communication skills


• Basic IT skills

Experience

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience within a similar field.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 2 A-Levels at grade C or above or NVQ Level 3 / equivalent experience.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 117.8KB)


• Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)


• Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)