Ophthalmic Technician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a full-time Band 3 Ophthalmic Technician role at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will work at St Thomas' Hospital and Minnie Kidd House Community Ophthalmology Clinic. The role involves running ophthalmic clinics, testing visual acuity, intra-ocular pressure, visual fields, and using various ophthalmic equipment. It requires someone with strong ophthalmic technician skills who can role model the trust values.
Essential criteria
- Good team working and communication skills
- Experience with Ophthalmology Clinics
- To have good communication skills with colleagues and all patients including ones with special needs
- Knowledge of outpatient clinics
Desirable criteria
- Ability to handle difficult situations
- Knowledge of Ophthalmic conditions
- Medicines Management training
- Knowledge/Qualifications
- GCSE in Maths and English, NVQ level 2 or equivalent.
- Computer skills for clinical work
- Good team working and communication skills
- Experience with Ophthalmology Clinics
- To have good communication skills with colleagues and all patients including ones with special needs
- Knowledge of outpatient clinics
- Ability to handle difficult situations
- Knowledge of Ophthalmic conditions
- Medicines Management training
- Knowledge/Qualifications
- GCSE in Maths and English, NVQ level 2 or equivalent.
- Computer skills for clinical work
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £31,554 – £33,270 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 4d ago · Closes in 11d
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Job summary
This is a Band 3 Ophthalmic technician role. We are looking for someone who has all ophthalmic technician skills and also role models the trust values in their everyday working.
You should be able to test visual acuity, intra-ocular pressure, visual fields, OCT
This role will work at St Thomas' Hospital and Minnie Kidd House Community Ophthalmology Clinic with varying shifts.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for experienced Ophthalmic technicians run to ophthalmic clinics. This is a full time Band 3 Job which involves to provide a comprehensive, high quality and excellent ophthalmic service at St Thomas Hospital and Minnie Kidd House Community Clinic.
The duties will involve being part of a multidisciplinary team, testing visual acuity, visual fields, intra-ocular pressure and using ophthalmic equipment such as auto refractors and ophthalmic imaging devices: OCT, Optos, Pentacam
About us
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clini
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