Divisional Imaging Lead - the North Division
As the divisional imaging lead for the North Division, you will be a self-motivated, pro-active individual with both excellent time management and organisational skills. You will be responsible for the management of the medical imaging team to provide high quality Diagnostic Imaging Services at Moorfield’s’ North Division including the Virtual Clinics. The role encompasses supporting junior staff to develop skills and help to embed a continuous quality improvement culture across the service. The post holder will act as an exemplar and professional role-model in embracing core values of, excellence, equity and kindness. As a leader you will work both clinically and managerially to undertake day to day supervision of the team working with the Heads of Departments to ensure safe staffing across all sites. For the 0.6 WTE portion of this role, you are expected to support and manage the technician team at the Brent Cross Diagnosing Hub. The remaining 0.4 WTE of this role will be dedicated to supporting the education and development of technician staff across the rest of the North division.

PHYSICAL AND CLINICAL SKILLS

• To be highly skilled in the full range of routine and specialised imaging techniques, with expert knowledge of Ophthalmic anatomy and diseases. Able to perform a range of clinical, diagnostic, and imaging examinations including:
• Retinal imaging and image analysis using current standard techniques.
• Slit lamp imaging of anterior segment of the eye using tropical stains.
• Clinical imaging of the external eye and Ocular Adnexa.
• OCT Imaging.
• Anterior Segment Photography.
• Retcam photography for Retinopathy of prematurity screening.
• B scan ultrasound.
• Instillation of dilating drops.
• To provide effective communication skills to convey complex information regarding diagnostic testing to patients, relatives and carers.
• To provide a range of digital angiography and imaging procedures requiring expertise underpinned by theoretical knowledge of the principles underlying fundus photography, digital angiography, autofluorescence imaging and optical coherence tomography.

To make judgements involving a range of facts which require analysis and comparison to optimise images obtained during digital angiography (e.g. strategies to overcome small

• pupils, eye movement, cataract, blinking or a combination of these during fluorescein angiography).
• To lead and be directly responsible for the safe use of expensive and highly complex imaging equipment.
• To follow established departmental policies for imaging techniques and be guided by standard operating procedures and good practice but be able to justify the need to vary from SOP when necessary.
• To work within scope of practice.
• To provide computer graphic services and operate several information systems relating to imaging.
• To conduct simple maintenance and calibration of equipment and provide technical advice to clinicians.