Specialist Optometrist

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Specialist Optometrist to join their Ophthalmology Department. This role includes providing core and specialist optometric services, supporting the clinics, and working as an autonomous practitioner. The successful candidate will participate in planning services, support clinical audits, and contribute to teaching staff. Required qualifications include a BSc in Optometry and specialist clinical experience. The position offers a competitive salary of £47,810 to £54,710 per year pro rata.

Responsibilities

• Participate in planning services and organization of posts for junior optometrists.
• Support clinical audit, quality improvement, and research.
• Undertake administrative duties and manage clinical queries.

Skills

Specialist clinical experience beyond conventional community optometry

Specialist clinical assessment skills in glaucoma

Ability to independently make clinical decisions

Good organisational skills

Education

BSc Hons Optometry or equivalent

GOC registration

Professional Certificates in specialist areas

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Optometrist to be embedded within our Ophthalmology Department.

The role will provide a range of core and specialist optometric services and extended roles supporting the Ophthalmology clinics.

The successful candidate would work as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with professional & regulatory body guidelines and codes of practice (The College of Optometrists and General Optical Council) and statutory Trust requirements.

Main duties of the job

To participate in planning of services in the department and organisation of posts for more junior optometrists working the department towards post-graduate qualifications.

To support clinical audit, quality improvement and research.

To undertake administrative duties ensuring safe and effective service delivery including patient triage and managing clinical queries from the community.

To contribute to teaching of medical and non-medical staff within the Ophthalmology department.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

For more details, please contact:

Mr George Morphis, Clinical Lead or Mr Amun Sachdev, Glaucoma Lead

via 01432 355444

Person Specification

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Specialist clinical experience beyond conventional community optometry.
• Specialist clinical assessment skills in specialist areas, particularly glaucoma, eye casualty and medical retina.
• Specialist ancillary test interpretation skills (e.g. visual function and ocular imaging tests)
• Ability to independently make clinical decisions on a range of problems both emergency and elective within specialist areas, particularly glaucoma, eye casualty and medical retina.

Education & Qualifications

• BSc Hons Optometry or equivalent
• GOC registration
• Proven specialist knowledge across multiple areas of specialist clinical practice beyond conventional community optometry
• Professional Certificates in specialist areas

Experience

• Experience and participation in audit and managerial roles
• Ability to teach and supervise more junior members of staff, such as less experienced optometrists and students
• Good organisational skills and time management.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearpa pro rata (INDICATIVE)