Principal Optometrist - Single Point of Access

Moorfields Eye Hospital, London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Free 24/7 independent counselling

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working friendly organisation

Job summary

Moorfields Eye Hospital is expanding its Sparc services and seeks a Principal Optometrist to join the Single Point of Access team in sessions across London. You will deliver highly specialist ophthalmic care and contribute to referrals management within a leading hospital service.

The role requires hospital-based experience and higher qualifications from the College of Optometrists or progress toward them, with clinical governance responsibilities and opportunities for research and education

Qualifications

• Experience working in a hospital optometry service.
• Higher qualifications from the College of Optometrists or currently pursuing them.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient referrals across ophthalmic sub-specialties.
• Provide clinical governance and pathway oversight within Sparc.
• Contribute to service redesign and data insights from referrals.

Education

Higher qualifications from the College of Optometrists or in progress

Job description

Moorfields Eye Hospital has expanded its Sparc services for managing ophthalmology referrals across London regions.

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated clinical optometrist(s) for sessions as a Principal Optometrist working within our Single Point of Access team.

There are multiple sessions available. The posts will consist of delivering highly specialist clinical care.

Applicants need to have prior experience / understanding of working in the hospital service and already have the relevant higher qualifications from the College of Optometrists or be working towards them (see Person Specification).

As well as joining the largest hospital optometry department that delivers sub-speciality care, research and education within the optometry sector. Moorfields provides high quality ophthalmology services across the full range of sub-specialities in hospital and community settings

The post holder(s) will provide clinical expertise including but not limited to, assessment of patient referrals across all ophthalmic sub-specialties, onward care decision making with any appropriate escalation to urgent or non-ophthalmic services as well as communicating professionally with referrers with clinical advice and decision-making support.

The Single Point of Access service is rapidly growing and changing, and the post holder will make a significant contribution to this, including, but not limited to: insight generation from referral data at scale; identification of opportunities for service improvement; evidence generation to drive identified interventions; active participation in service redesign.

The successful applicants will report to the Clinical Lead for Sparc on a day to day basis as part of the wider Sparc team. The post holder is expected to also hold a clinical position.

The post holders will have responsibility for the clinical oversight of the pathway and clinical governance issues within the Sparc.

At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:

• Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
• Free 24/7 independent counselling service
• Learning and development opportunities
• Easy and quick transport links
• A range of attractive benefits and discounts
• Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes
• Free Pilates classes
• Full support and training to develop your skills
• Flexible working friendly organisation

And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Thomas Job title: Clinical Lead Sparc Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07730 876981