Job overview

Main duties of the job

As an Optometry Technician, you’ll play a key role in supporting our clinical teams across the RUH Eye Clinic and Frome Medical Practice. Day-to-day, you’ll learn to carry out a variety of important eye‑health tests and assessments, such as:

• Measuring visual acuity
• Completing visual field tests
• Capturing retinal and anterior chamber images
• Performing OCT (optical coherence tomography) scans
• Supporting biometry measurements

You’ll also help with essential administrative tasks, working closely with our Senior Optometry Technicians to keep our clinics running smoothly.

Why Join Us?

• Full training provided – perfect for those new to healthcare or exploring a career in eye care.
• Supportive, friendly team committed to helping you develop
• Real career progression opportunities within eye care and wider healthcare
• Hands‑on experience in a specialist clinical environment
• A chance to make a genuine difference to patients every day

If you're ready to start a meaningful, patient‑focused career with excellent support and training, we’d be delighted to welcome you to our Eye Unit team.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be  in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. 

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.