Junior Ophthalmic Technician

The post holder will join an established team of 11 ophthalmic technicians working within the Orthoptic Service, based at Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary. The team is supported by an Ophthalmic Technician Supervisor & the Team works physically closely together in a room that houses four visual fields machines which means good team working & flexibility is essential. Team members also work holding single-handed clinics at the APEC & Cannock sites.

Learning is supported by regular reflective practice sessions, 1:1s, & teaching from qualified clinical staff.

Patient assessment:

Perform Visual Field testing.

Administrative:

Assist with administrative & clerical tasks relating to provision of Orthoptic service.

Perform visual fields within Orthoptic Departmental protocols on Humphrey Field Analyser, liaising with senior staff where necessary in complex cases.

Use the hospital computerised appointment system to:

Make appointments for patient clinics.

Undertake maintenance of patient records relating to attendance

Support the running of the Orthoptic Department with a range of administrative & clerical tasks, many relating directly to incoming referrals & clinical enquiries.

Deal with patient enquiries.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.

We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards;
The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

The ability to flex between patient facing clinical duties & non-patient facing duties to support the operational aspects of the Orthoptic Department is essential.

Please see attached job description and person specification for more details.

Please see attached job description for full details.

• Good standard of general education.
• Good numeracy and measuring skills.
• Ability to work with accuracy and attention to detail
• PAS experience

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.