Ophthalmology Technician

Ophthalmology Technician

Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital | Ophthalmology - Outpatient| Bank Contract | Part time

Up to £16.00 per hour, depending on experience

Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.

At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it's driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want - we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.

We are looking for an Ophthalmology Technician to join our team at Cambridge Hospital and play your part in building a healthier nation. Our Ophthalmic Consultants are very busy and require several tests for each patient at their clinic appointment. We would like to provide them with some assistance in performing these tests and running the clinics.

As our Ophthalmology Technician, you will:

• Help manage the patient clinics.
• Perform HFA, I-profiler, and OCT testing on patients during the clinics and at other times to suit the patients.
• Assist with pre-operative assessment of patients prior to cataract surgery.
• Ensure Medical Records and kept as per protocol.
• Ensure privacy dignity and safeguarding of all patients.
• Checking VA.
• Carrying out visual field testing, biometry, OCT scanning and corneal topography.

To succeed as an Ophthalmology Technician, you will need:

• Experience/competency in the testing of patients with specialised ophthalmic equipment.
• Experience in health and social care.
• Preferably have an NVQ qualification.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive, Access to our Pension Scheme and discounted gym membership at £15.00 a month.

Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital

Our state-of-the-art hospital, is central Cambridge's premium private hospital, boasting an Outstanding CQC score and offer a full range of medical and surgical specialties. With expertise in Cancer care and Cancer surgery, Orthopaedic surgery (including robotic surgery), Neurosurgery, Cardiology as well as specialist Paediatric services.

Backed by the latest diagnostic imaging facilities including wide bore MRI and CT scanning, we offer immediate assessment and expert diagnosis. Hospital facilities include 3 state of the art digital theatres, 32 beds, Surgical Day Case theatre/endoscopy suite, Surgical Day PODs, private consultation rooms, close monitoring units, Chemotherapy suite, on-site registered pharmacy, Diagnostic scanning unit and a Pathology laboratory.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

Applications will be considered as they are received, and interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close adverts early, for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications. Therefore, please apply early to ensure you are considered for the post.

It starts with you.