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: 10/03/2025 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.
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, supported by internal consultants and management.
Why you should join our team:
* Friendly team of experienced Orthoptists, Optometrists, and 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.
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, 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Orthoptist with HCPC.
* Qualified in Orthoptics - Degree or equivalent.
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.
* 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 staff-only rest area with free tea and coffee.
* Access to NHS Pension scheme.
* Flexible working options available.
* Onsite crèche facilities.
* Annual appraisals with career pathways.
* In-house training courses.
* Discounted hospital restaurant.
* Staff health and wellbeing services.
* Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees.
* All new colleagues will be subject to a probationary period of six months.
* The closing date is a guide only; early application is advised.
* Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and will require a Disclosure submission.
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