Recently awarded a 5-star rating and ‘excellent’ status on Trustpilot, The McIndoe Centre is looking for an experienced Ophthalmic Technician to join our Outpatients team on a fixed-term contract.
Using your clinical skills and expertise, you will be responsible for performing visual assessments including; visual acuity, visual fields, optical coherence tomography (OCT), Oculus Pentacam, measurement of intraocular pressure and other technical measurements which provide information for clinical decisions/ treatments of eye and neurological conditions. You will also have a good understanding and ability to interpret tests in order to communicate effectively with the consultant team.
Based from The McIndoe Centre, East Grinstead, this is a full-time, fixed-term contract, offering fantastic opportunities to learn, grow and develop your clinical skills.
About you:
- You will be a passionate and empathetic individual, with experience of having worked with a variety of patients.
- Previous experience working in an ophthalmology clinic or similar healthcare setting.
Excellent communication skills, to help build those all-important and respected relationships with your team and our patients.
- Proactive and forward thinking, with a passion for continued learning.
- Attention to detail and commitment to providing high-quality patient care.
- Willingness to learn and stay updated on advancements in ophthalmic technology and procedures.
- Ensure that you working ethic remains aligned to our core values as a group: Caring, Friendly, Quality, Integrity and Pride.
Right to work in the UK
In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Horder Healthcare sponsorship.
At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law
As a disability confident employer, we are pleased to offer our full support should you require an alternative method of applying or any reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.
In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, all successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.