Deputy Head Orthoptist

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Deputy Head Orthoptist to lead orthoptics and low vision services across King’s Mill Hospital and other sites. The role combines clinical leadership with service development, ensuring high-quality patient care and safe clinical governance.

The post involves deputising for the Head of Orthoptics & Low Vision, managing staff, developing ophthalmic services, and supporting multidisciplinary teams in Newark Hospital and Ashfield Health

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Head Orthoptist to join our friendly team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals on a fixed term basis.

As Deputy Head 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 will 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.

The post holder will deputise for the Head of Orthoptics and Low Vision in terms of professional leadership, clinical expertise, operational management and development of staff delivering Orthoptic and Optometry Services including extended roles. The role will also involve assisting in developing Orthoptic, Optometry, Low Vision services and Ophthalmology services, in a way that is responsive to changing needs and meeting requirements of clinical governance and risk management in line with new developments.

This position provides a unique opportunity to gain experience across multiple settings, enhancing both your clinical and leadership skills and expertise.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

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.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lucy Davis Job title: Head of Orthoptics & Low Vision Service Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07825866704

or 07768615247