Employer: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Town: Harlow
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/04/2025 23:59
Orthoptist
NHS AfC: Band 6
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
This role will involve the diagnosis and management of paediatric and adult ocular motility patients, including patients from the Emergency Eye clinic, Maxillofacial and Neurology. This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop into extended roles. You will be taking an extended role in subspecialty within ophthalmology and will be fully supported using the new OCCCF by internal consultants and management.
Why you should join our team:
* Friendly team of experienced Orthoptists, Optometrists and x2 Paediatric, Neuro-ophthalmology and ocular motility specialist Consultant Ophthalmologists.
* Opportunity to expand clinical and practical knowledge
* Close to London - easy commute
What we offer in terms of L&D:
* Opportunity to see and manage own cases
* To teach and train junior staff, GP's, nursing team, doctors, MDT and audit trainings
* Opportunity to be student supervisor/clinical tutor
* Orthoptic extended roles: paediatric, complex ocular motility, neuro-ophthalmology with goldmann assessment, pre and post-op assessments, assisting in squint surgery under supervision of Paediatric consultants, independent specialist clinics.
* Extended role in specialties such as neuro-ophthalmology, medical retina, glaucoma, eye emergency, etc. using the OCCCF/OPT programme and competencies
Main duties of the job
This is a part-time role at 31 hours per week permanent role
Main duties will include providing Orthoptic services as an autonomous practitioner, assessing, diagnosing and managing patients referred to the Orthoptic Department with evidence-based practice, determining clinical diagnoses and developing management plans, and walking patients through discharge plans.
If successful, the post holder will form part of the clinical team providing a full range of Orthoptic care to patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Orthoptist with HCPC
* Qualified in Orthoptics - Degree or Diplopia
Experience
* Ophthalmology Knowledge and Experience
* Managing Clinical audit, clinical governance, Infection Prevention and Control, and research for the department
* Management of patients in hospital settings
What we can offer you:
* Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
* Free car parking for our staff
* Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
* Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time staff)
* Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
* Access to NHS Pension scheme
* Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
* Onsite creche facilities
* Annual appraisals with career pathways
* In-house training courses
* Discounted hospital restaurant
* Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
* Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
* All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
* The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
* Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
* Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn
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