Specialist Optometrist

NHS; London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

An esteemed healthcare institution in London is seeking a specialist optometrist to deliver patient care across various clinics. The ideal candidate will possess a BSC in Optometry and over 3 years of hospital experience. Responsibilities include providing optometric services and supervising junior staff, with a salary range of £56,276 to £63,176. This role offers flexible working options and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement

Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme

Free 24/7 independent counselling service

Learning and development opportunities

Free Pilates classes

Qualifications

• Post-qualification hospital experience of more than 3 years.
• Experience with examining vulnerable groups of patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide a wide range of optometric services including Medical Retina and Glaucoma clinics.
• Supervise junior staff in their clinical roles.
• Provide specialized diagnosis and management care.

Skills

Competent use of a slit-lamp

Excellent written and verbal communication

Ability to analyse and interpret ocular imaging

Audit skills

Education

BSC Optometry

Specialist College of Optometrist Prof Cert Qualifications

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a number of specialist optometrist posts to work at Moorfields City Road, St George's, and Ealing in a variety of core and subspeciality clinics throughout the week (Contact Lenses, Medical Retina Injection clinics, Glaucoma, Paediatrics, cataract).

Moorfields Eye Hospital is a post-graduate teaching Hospital of international acclaim, dedicated to excellence in patient care, training and research. Our main site is at City Road, London but we have a large, and growing, number of interdisciplinary satellite clinics at which optometric services are provided.

The Optometry Department has expanded rapidly with increasing extended role activities across Moorfields\' sites. The Optometry Department has over 160 optometrists and provides clinical services for refraction, low vision assessment, medical contact lenses as well as extended role.

We play a significant role in the training of ophthalmic professionals and in collaboration with UCL our optometry education has recently expanded to provide College of Optometrists Higher Qualifications. Our research priorities reflect the developing role of optometrists and our close links with the Institute of Ophthalmology. We are supported by our spectacle and contact lens laboratories.

We have a range of specialities, hours and terms of service. All can be discussed at interview stage.

Main duties of the job

To undertake specialist clinical activity; this activity requires regular use of a range of advanced clinical techniques requiring dexterity and concentration. These clinics involve responsibility for clinical decision-making with support from consultants and the provision of specialised diagnosis, management, care and education of patients.

To provide a clinical opinion or obtain a clinical opinion from consultant colleagues to optometric and non-optometric colleagues on the management of patients.

About us

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

• Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement
• 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.

Details

Date posted: 03 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £56,276 to £63,176 a year per annum (inc HCAS) pro rata if part time

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time

Reference number: 273-DC-7369350

Job locations: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, City Road, London, EC1V 2PD

Job responsibilities

To provide a wide range of optometric services, including:

• Working in an extended role capacity in a variety of ophthalmology clinics which can include Medical Retina, Glaucoma, Cataract or External Disease.
• Working in extended role outside ophthalmology clinics, i.e. without medical support in clinic, e.g. Children\'s Vision Clinic. Refraction, including adult and paediatric; diagnostic and post-operative cases, Medical Contact Lenses, Low Vision Clinics, adult and paediatric.
• Refracting patients to specific protocols as part of studies.
• Supervising junior staff in their clinical roles.
• To undertake specialist clinical activity with advanced techniques, including clinical decision-making with support from consultants and the provision of specialised diagnosis, management, care and education of patients.
• To provide a clinical opinion or obtain a clinical opinion from consultant colleagues to optometric and non-optometric colleagues on the management of patients.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Essential: BSC Optometry and registration
• Essential: Specialist College of Optometrist Prof Cert Qualifications (1)

Desirable

• Specialist College of Optometrist Higher Qualifications
• Specialist College of Optometrist Diploma in Independent Prescribing
• MSc in Optometry/Ophthalmology

Experience

• Essential: Post-qualification Hospital experience >3 years
• Essential: Experience of examining vulnerable groups of patients e.g. CYP / additional needs

Desirable

• Hospital extended role experience
• Community shared care experience
• Experience with clinical teaching
• Experience in audit/research
• Experience of dealing with quality and safety issues e.g. complaints, incidents, risk assessment

Knowledge & Skills

• Essential: Competent use of a slit-lamp to examine the anterior and posterior eye with specialist lenses
• Essential: Audit; Competent performance of retinoscopy
• Essential: Teaching; Ability to analyse and interpret ocular imaging e.g. OCT, visual fields, topography to an advanced clinical level
• Essential: Ability to use Electronic patient record systems
• Essential: Excellent written and verbal communication

Desirable

• Excellent written communication skills including the ability to write clinical summaries, referral letters, reports, papers
• Ability to identify service improvement needs
• Ability to sensitively communicate complex information in a range of situations

Registration

• Essential: GOC registration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be necessary.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Additional information

Employer details

Employer name: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, City Road, London, EC1V 2PD

Employer's website: https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us