Bank Senior Orthoptist

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Bank Senior Orthoptist to cover bank shifts across the week. The primary base is King’s Mill Hospital, with opportunities to work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment.

The role includes travel to Newark Hospital and Ashfield Health Village, assessing and treating orthoptic conditions and supporting high-quality patient care across departments. The trust is award-winning and values professional development in a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat a range of orthoptic conditions.
• Manage complex orthoptic cases and ensure high-quality patient care across departments.
• Cover bank shifts across the week with flexible advance planning and occasional travel to Newark Hospital and Ashfield Health Village.
• Support professional development in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Bank Senior Orthoptist wishing to cover bank shifts throughout the week at Sherwood Forest Hospitals. This flexible position allows for shifts that are usually agreed 6 weeks ahead for planned cover as well as short notice availability to cover staff sickness.

As a Senior Orthoptist, you will play a pivotal role in providing high-quality care and support to our patients. The primary location for this role is at King's Mill Hospital where you will work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment that values your expertise and skills.

This role may also involve travel to Newark Hospital and Ashfield Health Village, offering you the opportunity to expand your scope of practice and contribute to patient care in various settings. You will be responsible for assessing and treating a range of orthoptic conditions, managing complex cases and providing a high standard of patient care across different departments.

This position provides a unique opportunity to gain experience across multiple settings, enhancing your clinical skills and expertise. You will be supported by a collaborative and friendly team, ensuring that your professional development is a key focus while delivering exceptional care.

To understand the role in more detail, please see attached job description and person specification documents

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lucy Davis Job title: Head Orthoptist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07825866704

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