Ophthalmic Photographer

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking Ophthalmic photographer to join our existing team of photographers.

The Eye Unit provides high quality care to patients in all clinical areas; Outpatients, Casualty, Day Case Unit and Pre Assessment clinics. Some previous experience in an Ophthalmic Photography Department is essential.

Based in the Eye Unit at Royal Cornwall Hospital you would be supporting the following clinics Wet Aged Related Macular Degeneration (WARM), Glaucoma, Vitreo retina and Diabetic. There may also be a requirement to provide the Ophthalmic Photography Service at West Cornwall Hospital and Falmouth Hospital so access to your own transport would be beneficial.

This is a permanent position 37.5 hours per week, over 4 days, working Monday to Saturday.

The post holder will work within the Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust Ophthalmic Photography Department, supporting the Ophthalmology Service within Cornwall.

The post holder will be providing a complex, specialist, diagnostic imaging and clinical investigation service to patients of all ages suffering from diseases of the eye and visual system, this includes providing the reports and baseline evaluations for review by the ophthalmic clinicians

After the necessary training and induction, the post holder will be responsible for providing a comprehensive imaging, photography and angiography service to the patients under the care of Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust. This includes travel to community hospitals within the county.

Training and supervision of other healthcare professionals and junior staff maybe required.

The Royal Cornwall Hospital is located in Truro, the cobbled, cathedral capital of Cornwall. With great shopping, art galleries and restaurants Truro offers easy access to the county’s stunning coastline, peaceful countryside, lush valleys and beautiful estuaries. For those interested in an active lifestyle, Cornwall offers a wise range of water sports and costal treks.

Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

Update – NHS employees/applicants of frontline posts at the Royal Cornwall Trust are no longer required to be fully vaccinated against COVID by 1 April 2022. This is pending the public consultation and Parliamentary review announced by the government. We may however request immunisation status but this will not impact working with the Trust.

Following the appropriate training undertake the full range of ophthalmic imaging and investigations to patients under the care of the Ophthalmic Department, including but not exclusively:

Fundus Fluorescein Angiography,

Indocyanine Green Angiography

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) of the macular and the disc

Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA)

Colour Photographs of the retina

Corneal Topography