Ophthalmic Technician

Position

An opportunity arises for a permanent full time Ophthalmic Technician post.

St. Paul's Eye Unit is the largest eyecare provider in Cheshire and Merseyside delivering the full range of specialist ophthalmology services including accident & emergency, corneal cataract and refractive surgery, diabetic eye care, glaucoma, ocular oncology, medical retinal and vitreo‑retinal. The unit is also actively involved in NHS, academic and commercial research.

The post involves high volume, face‑to‑face contact with patients, including those in clinical trials/academic research studies, to acquire clinical data through a wide range of ocular imaging procedures and other ophthalmic assessments and other supporting tasks, determined either through standard operating procedures/research protocols or ordered specifically for individual patients by clinical staff. Results are interpreted by clinical staff and inform patient management decisions and treatment plans.

The post holder interacts routinely with patients, administrative, clerical, technical and clinical staff within the Trust and other external stakeholders when necessary. The post holder will be a member of a team of 20 ophthalmic technicians based at the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital and will regularly work directly with eye patients in our busy outpatient clinics.

They will operate advanced ophthalmic equipment to collect information which assists in the diagnosis and management of sight‑threatening eye conditions. Equipment used includes:

• Heidelberg Spectral is OCT
• Optos California
• Pentacam Wave
• Zeiss HFA
• others

This role provides valuable technician support to our consultant ophthalmologist‑led clinical staff by obtaining data from a range of scans, imaging techniques and clinical assessments as appropriate to the extensive range of subspecialties which our eye unit covers.