Orthoptist

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK NHS Trust is seeking an Orthoptist to join its orthoptic/ophthalmic team. The ideal candidate will independently manage patients with ocular motility disorders while supporting junior staff and students. This role offers flexibility in working patterns and a commitment to creating a supportive workplace environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in extended role.
• Ability to liaise with multidisciplinary teams.
• Maintain accurate patient records.

Responsibilities

• Independently assess, diagnose, and manage patients with ocular disorders.
• Provide orthoptic support in multidisciplinary clinics.
• Contribute to stroke and neuro-ophthalmology clinics.

Skills

Patient assessment

Ocular motility disorder management

Teaching and supervision

Education

BSc (Hons) Orthoptics

Job description

Go back Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Orthoptist

The closing date is 19 October 2025

As an Orthoptist working as part of the orthoptic/ophthalmic team, you will provide orthoptic care to a paediatric and adult caseload, liaising closely with ophthalmic, nursing and administrative colleagues. You will provide support to junior staff members as well as play an active role in the teaching and supervision of undergraduate orthoptic students.

Main duties of the job

Independently assess, diagnose, and manage patients with a wide range of ocular motility disorders, amblyopia, strabismus, and visual function problems.

Undertake specialist orthoptic assessments for paediatric, adult, and special needs patients.

Contribute to extended roles such as stroke, neuro-ophthalmology, or low vision clinics (depending on service needs and training).

Provide orthoptic input into multidisciplinary clinics (e.g., paediatric ophthalmology, maxillofacial, neurology).

Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records in line with Trust and HCPC requirements.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

Job responsibilities

We are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Person Specification

Band 6 role

• Qualifications BSC (hons) Orthoptics

Band 6 post

• Experience in extended role

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.