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Operational Lead Orthoptist

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Burton upon Trent

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

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Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Operational Lead Orthoptist to manage and lead a clinical team in Burton upon Trent. This position combines clinical expertise with operational leadership, aiming to enhance orthopedic services and provide exceptional patient care. Candidates should hold a degree in Orthoptics and possess strong leadership skills. The role includes managing service delivery, providing clinical guidance, and engaging with multiple specialties for service improvement.

Benefits

Development opportunities
Employee assistance programme
Discounted gym membership
Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

  • Experience in clinical duties and patient care as an experienced orthoptist.
  • Ability to provide professional support and guidance to clinical staff.
  • Expertise in managing clinical teams and service improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a clinical team of orthoptists including management tasks.
  • Coordinate services in collaboration with other specialties.
  • Ensure high standards of orthoptic provision and complex care.

Skills

Leadership
Clinical skills
Team management
Orthoptic knowledge

Education

Degree in Orthoptics
Job description
Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Orthoptist to join our team as an Operational Lead Orthoptist. The successful candidate will provide clinical and operational leadership of our teams at our Burton sites. Working with colleagues on orthoptics and the wider ophthalmology specialty the role will require coordinating, leading and driving our service forward to meet the future needs of our local population.

This post combines experienced clinical skills with day-to-day management of the service and is an ideal promotional opportunity for a senior orthoptist who wishes to lead a highly effective clinical team.

Responsibilities
  • Undertaking highly skilled clinical duties and direct patient care as an experienced orthoptist
  • Providing professional support and guidance to clinical staff to deal with all areas of orthoptic provision, including complex care
  • Day-to-day management and leadership of a clinical team of orthoptists. Including tasks such as rota management, absence management, personal development, resolving daily problems in the service and all types of line management
  • Working with other leaders in orthoptics, optometry, ophthalmology and other specialties within our organisation and partner organisations to deliver service improvements.
Dates

Closing date of applications: 8 October 2025

Date of interview: 22 & 23 October 2025

Values and Benefits

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

  • Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
  • On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
  • Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
  • We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
  • We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
  • An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
  • Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
  • Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
  • We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
  • We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
  • UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Francesca Wood Job title: Head of Orthoptic Services Email address: francesca.wood1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01332 785659

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