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Job Description

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Ophthalmic Assistant to join the team at Ashtead Hospital, where you will provide a high standard of individualised patient care as part of the clinical team.

Ophthalmic Technicians are integral to everything we do within the Ophthalmology team. You will be supporting the running of outpatient clinics by taking patients through a series of tests. This will involve you assessing patient’s vision and performing diagnostic and will come into the role with an establish list of competencies in the following range of Ophthalmic skills:

• Visual Acuity
• Colour Vision Tests
• RAPD / PERRLA Pupillary Reactions
• Instillation of Eye Drops
• Tonometry
• Pachymetry
• Everting Eyelid
• Eye Irrigations
• Taking Ocular Swabs
• Taking Conjunctival Swabs
• Assisting with Intra-Vitreal Injections
• Assisting with Minor Surgical Procedures
• Pre-Operative Assessments
• Biometry
• Ocular Coherence Tomography

Where you'll be based

Ashtead Hospital

Key responsibilities include:

• • To provide technical support for Ophthalmology Clinics including consultant and practitioner clinics and virtual diagnostic reviews
• • To undertake Optical Coherence Tomography testing
• • To assist practitioner/doctor with macular injections
• • To undertake visual acuity assessment
• • Administering eye drops for ocular examination
• • Perform intra ocular pressure readings using eyecare equipment
• • To contribute to the safe, efficient and smooth running of Ophthalmology clinics providing assistance to the other technicians within the department
• • Cleaning and maintaining clinical areas
• • To provide support for patients and carers

Benefits:

• 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays

• Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options

• Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period

• Flexible shift patterns available where possible

• Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies (launched 2023)

• Private Healthcare for you and dependents includes online GP

• Life Assurance (Death in Service)

• Free Training and Development via the Academy

• Free Parking on site for workers (where possible)

• Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)

• Over 8,000 discounts and special offers via benefits portal

• Book discounted cinema tickets on the dedicated cinema portal

• The Blue Light Card Scheme

About Us

Ramsay Health Care UK is one of the leading providers of high quality private patient and NHS Services in England, with a network of over 30 acute hospitals and Treatment Centres. Ramsay is part of a global hospital group operating 116 hospitals and day surgery facilities across Australia, UK, France and Indonesia.​​​​​​​

All offers of employment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Ashtead Hospital is committed to quality, equality and opportunity for all.

We care.

It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.