Orthoptist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Huntingdonshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS healthcare provider is offering a maternity leave cover position for an Orthoptist. This role involves diagnosing and treating ocular motility disorders and supporting the education of students and healthcare professionals. Ideal candidates should be enthusiastic about Orthoptics and patient care. This is a community-based role providing opportunities to work in multidisciplinary teams. Competitive benefits and mentoring support will be provided.

Benefits

Competitive annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience in managing ocular motility disorders is preferable.
• Enthusiasm for Orthoptics and patient care.
• Ability to work in a community-based service.

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnosis and treatment of ocular motility disorders.
• Support vision screening for reception aged children.
• Educate and train students and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Ocular motility management

Patient care

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Pedagogical skills

Job description

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.



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.

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 to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – 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.





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




This advert closes on Sunday 10 Aug 2025