Specialist Optometrist

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an Optometry lead to deliver community Optometry clinics for patients across Bury, Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale. The ideal candidate will have GOC registration and a master's level qualification, with experience in managing complex cases. Join a multidisciplinary team dedicated to patient care and innovation. The closing date for applications is 22 September 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children of all ages.
• Working towards or achievement of additional qualifications.
• Experience of working in secondary or community services.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and manage patients referred to the optometry department.
• Provide teaching and training for other healthcare professionals.
• Lead the Community Eye Services.

Skills

Autonomous work

Team collaboration

Patient management

Education

Qualification and GOC registration

Postgraduate training to master's level

Job description

Overview

The Community Eye Service is a multidisciplinary service providing a wide range of core, advanced and extended practice clinics across Bury and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, including Orthoptic, Optometry, 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. We work with a number of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams and can provide experience of diverse work.

This post is a specialist Optometry clinical role delivering community Optometry clinics for patients in Bury, Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale.

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

The closing date is 22 September 2025

Main duties of the job

To be an Optometry lead within the Community Eye Services.

To assess, diagnose and manage patients referred to the optometry department. This post is based within the community and carries a specialist caseload delivering a highly complex Optometric service and a comprehensive range of core services.

To provide teaching and training of 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 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.

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

Experience and qualifications

• Qualification and GOC registration
• Post graduate training and experience to masters level
• Experience of working with children of all ages
• Working towards or achievement of additional qualifications
• Experience of working in secondary or community services

Communication

• Work autonomously and as part of a team

Additional

• Driving licence

Skills and ability

• manage own workload

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