Orthoptist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Orthoptist to join our team based primarily at King's Mill Hospital, with opportunities to work across Ashfield Health Village and Newark Hospital.

You will assess, diagnose and manage ocular motility and visual development disorders, supporting children's vision and adults with double vision or neurological conditions. The role includes a structured preceptorship and ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage ocular motility and visual development disorders, supporting children's visual development and adults with double vision, neurological conditions and visual impairment.
• Work alongside ophthalmologists and healthcare professionals to contribute to clinical decisions and personalised treatment plans across a varied caseload.
• Provide structured preceptorship for newly qualified Orthoptists, mentoring for early-career practitioners and ongoing professional development.
• Based primarily at King's Mill Hospital, with duties across Ashfield Health Village and Newark Hospital.
• Handle varied paediatric and adult caseloads and opportunities to expand skills and contribute to service improvement.

Job description

Orthoptist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Company: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

See Beyond the Ordinary | Join Our Orthoptic Team

Orthoptics is about more than vision. It's about solving clinical challenges and making a real difference to patients' lives.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomes applications from newly qualified and experienced Orthoptists.

You'll assess, diagnose and manage ocular motility and visual development disorders, supporting children's visual development and adults with double vision, neurological conditions and visual impairment.

A role with variety, support and room to grow.

Working alongside ophthalmologists and healthcare professionals, you'll contribute to clinical decisions and personalised treatment plans across a varied caseload.

We support your development at every stage, offering structured preceptorship for newly qualified Orthoptists, mentoring for early-career practitioners and ongoing professional development.

Based primarily at King's Mill Hospital, you'll also work across Ashfield Health Village and Newark Hospital.

• Varied paediatric and adult caseloads.
• Preceptorship, mentoring and career development.
• Opportunities to expand your skills and contribute to service improvement.
• The chance to improve patients' vision, independence and quality of life.

Ready to combine clinical challenge with meaningful patient care?

Bring your skills, curiosity and passion to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

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.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

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

This advert closes on Thursday 5 Nov 2026

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust