Ophthalmic Photographer (Band 5)

Employer: Ashford and St. Peter\’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Across 4 days, 8-6)

Location: Ashford Hospital

Job overview

This role is for a full time Ophthalmic Photographer working 37.5 hours a week for Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover).

You will be required to work as an autonomous Ophthalmic Photographer, whilst also working as part of, and contributing to, a multi-disciplinary Ophthalmic team across the Ashford and St Peters’ Trust as well as satellite sites run by the trust.

You will undertake various ophthalmic diagnostic tests required during busy clinics including Fluorescein Angiography, Indocyanine Green Angiography, Facial Photographs, Slit Lamp photos, OCT (anterior and posterior), autofluorescence, red free multicolour and colour fundus photography on various pieces of equipment as well as corneal topography and specular microscopy. You will also be required to perform visual field tests and be willing to learn new skills to support all clinics in the ophthalmology department.

You will work in both the main outpatient clinics as well as digital surveillance clinics covering a wide variety of eye conditions including; AMD, diabetic maculopathy/retinopathy, corneal problems, glaucoma and other ‘general’ pathologies.

For more information, please contact Marika Pinney, Lead for Ophthalmic Imaging & Digital Surveillance on marika.pinney@nhs.net