Ophthalmic Technician

at  Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

The Ophthalmology service at SASH is looking for a talented individual who is committed to working as part of our healthcare team delivering an excellent, caring service to patients.
This role will support the Ophthalmology service and ensure patients are managed within the guideline timescales for treatment and for follow up. This role will provide an essential communication link between clinicians, supporting staff and patients to ensure all patients are treated within the clinically indicated timeframe. The role requires you to be computer literate. You will also have excellent communication and analytical skills. You should be self-motivated and be able to demonstrate good communication and organisational skills and have the ability to prioritise own workload.
Excellent verbal written and communications skills and strong interpersonal skills will be essential, as this role will involve dealing with patients and their carers and a variety of different personnel. This is a busy and demanding role so candidates will need to be enthusiastic, highly motivated and have a flexible approach to their role to ensure the needs of the service are met. The successful applicant will have excellent analytical skills and will work well within a team. They will have the flexibility to respond to requests, and will be able to work under their own initiative.
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Further enquiries can be made by contacting Caroline Stamp, Head of Orthoptist via email at caroline.stamp@nhs.net and/or Monika Papp, Senior Medical Photographer via email at Monika.Papp@nhs.net.
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight

Please refer the Job description for details