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Main area Specialist / Advanced Hospital Optometrist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 321-NOTSS-7044142-B7
Site Oxford Eye Hospital and peripheral sites as needed Town Oxford Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Salary period Yearly Closing 20/03/2025 08:00
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
Job overview
We are pleased to announce that we have a Full time vacancy (37.5 hours per week) for a Specialist / Advanced Optometrist (Band 7) to join our progressive friendly optometry team at Oxford Eye Hospital. This post will give you a varied job plan depending on your experience to date and changing demands on the service. The post will suit those who have experience in hospital optometry delivering high level clinical care in core and extended roles.
Additional College of Optometrist Higher Qualifications would be an advantage. Additional training will be given as needed to meet service demands.
Main duties of the job
1. Complex adult and paediatric refractions both at the JR site.
2. Paediatric refractions at out reach clinics in the county working alongside Orthoptists.
3. Medical contact lens - management of keratoconus and scleral lens fitting.
4. Low vision service for adults and Paediatrics.
5. You may be involved in providing Eye Casualty telephone triage.
6. Extended roles include: Eye Casualty work, Glaucoma clinics, Cornea clinics, Uveitis clinics, AMD and other medical retina clinics, Ultrasound and Electrophysiology.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Optometry 2 (1) or above and GOC registered as qualified optometrist.
* Ability to work well within a team and evidence of consistent harmonious working.
* Further postgraduate Optometric qualification relating to highly specialist aspect of clinical and technical expertise (taught course).
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