Ophthalmic Technician

We're proud of our team and recognise the significant contributions they make to patients here in the UK and globally. When you join Moorfields Eye Hospital you can help us continue to deliver excellence and equity in patient care through kindness and compassion for all.

Main area Ophthalmology Grade NHS AfC:
Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 28.5 hours per week (3.5 days per week.) Job
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Site Morfield Eye Hospital St Ann's Town London Salary £31,554 - £33,270 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/10/2026 23:59

YOU MAKE US MORE

Join Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

At Moorfields, people’s sight matters—and so do the people who make it possible.

For over 200 years, Moorfields has been at the forefront of ophthalmic care, research, and education. With more than 2,300 dedicated team members and over 700,000 patients seen annually across our City Road site and 22 networked sites, we are proud to be a global centre of excellence.

We're also a vibrant community where kindness, equity and excellence shape every aspect of our work. Whether it’s pioneering research through our partnership with UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre or training the next generation of global eye care leaders, we’re united by one mission—delivering world-class eye health, sustainably and at scale.

From 2027, we’ll move to our brand-new site in St Pancras, Camden—a state-of-the-art centre that will unite eye care, research, and education under one roof - Moorfields and UCL Centre for Eye Health.

Could you be part of this future? Make us more.

This post is based at the St. Ann’s satellite sites of Moorfields Eye Hospital which is one of the world's leading eye hospitals, providing expertise in clinical care, research and education.

The post holder is responsible for assessment of care needs of patients, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes with direct supervision.

The post holder will be a key member in relation to the development of practice on the ward. They will be working independently autonomously and at times without direct supervision, accountable for their own professional actions.

Ensuring the safety and well-being of service users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centered care principles.

Our main focus is the treatment and care of NHS patients with a wide range of eye problems, from common complaints to rare conditions which require treatments not available anywhere else in the UK. We treat people at our main hospital base in London's City Road and at 19 satellite facilities in and around the capital, which enables us to provide expert treatment closer to patient’s homes.

Moorfields has contracts with more than 80 primary care trusts across the country, making us a truly national center for eye care.

Clinical and Patient Care

• Responsible for carrying out clinical ophthalmic practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
• Carry out ophthalmic nursing procedures and treatments, checking on and maintaining the highest possible standards.
• To take a clear and concise history from patients by assessing their health and well-being and complete documentation ensuring that all entries are accurate and legible and that all information systems are maintained.

Professional Responsibilities

• Is accountable for his/her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and…