Orthoptist

Integrated Care System; Bury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in Bury is seeking an Orthoptist for maternity leave coverage. The role offers a comprehensive range of experiences in Orthoptic services and opportunities to develop diverse skills within a multidisciplinary environment. New starters are welcome, with mentoring provided to ensure a successful transition into the role.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protection for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience gained via Clinical Placements.
• HCPC registration required.
• Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel to required sites.

Responsibilities

• Act as a source of expertise on ocular motility disorders.
• Provide diagnosis and treatment of patients with ocular motility deficits.
• Support delivery of school vision screening for reception-aged children.
• Support the education and training of students and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

Education

Qualified orthoptist

Job description

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Orthoptist

The closing date is 10 August 2025

This post is required to cover a maternity leave. It is an excellent opportunity for an early career Orthoptist wanting experience of a full range of Orthoptic services. The Community Eye Service is an Orthoptic led service providing a wide range of core, advanced and extended practice clinics across Bury and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, including Glaucoma, Low Vision, SEND, Stroke and Visual Processing Difficulties Clinics. This is a community based service but we also provide Orthoptic and low vision clinics to the Ophthalmology team at Rochdale Infirmary giving this postholder a unique opportunity to experience and develop a broad range of skills. We work with a number of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams and can provide experience of diverse work.

New starters with little or no previous experience are welcome to apply and anyone in their first year of employment will be provided with preceptorship. This experienced and highly qualified team will provide mentoring and support you on to your path to a successful career.

Our well established team invites innovation and new ideas , anyone showing enthusiasm for Orthoptics and care for the patients will be given a warm welcome.

Main duties of the job

To act as a source of expertise on the management of ocular motility disorders to patients, carers, other health care professionals, GPs and consultants.

To provide the diagnosis, management and treatment of patients presenting with acute ocular motility deficit at Rochdale Infirmary and community settings in Bury, Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton.

To support delivery of school vision screening for all reception aged children in Schools

To support the education and training of students, other healthcare professionals, junior doctors and other senior medical staff.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

qualification

• Qualified orthoptist

Experience

• Experience gained via Clinical Placements

Professional Registration

• HCPC registration

Work Related Circumstances

• Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel to required sites

Skills and Ability

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust