Specialist Orthoptist

Transformation Unit; Bolton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Specialist Orthoptist (22.5 hours per week) with a focus on SEN services. The role covers assessment, diagnosis and management of a diverse caseload including adults and paediatric patients, with involvement in the emergency eye clinic and SEN-related activities.

You will support the SEN lead, visit special schools, compile EHCP reports and assist a consultant-led paediatric SEN clinic. A HCPC registration and BSc Orthoptics are required.

Qualifications

• Qualified Orthoptist registered with HCPC.
• Experience working in SEND services and special schools.
• Experience with paediatric and adult orthoptic caseload.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage a varied caseload of Orthoptic patients including adults and paediatric cases.
• Provide SEN lead support, visiting special schools in the area and preparing EHCP reports.
• Support a consultant-led SEN paediatric clinic and manage related administration.

Skills

Orthoptist

HCPC registered

BIOS member

SEND experience

Education

BSc Orthoptics/BSc (Orth)

DBO or teaching qualification

Job description

Part time 22.5 hours per week. Permanent post.

We are looking for a part time permanent Specialist Orthoptist with experience and a special interest in working in SEN services.

Main duties of the job

This post involves the assessment , diagnosis and management of a varied caseload of Orthoptic patients providing an interesting mix of adult and paediatric patients including from the Emergency eye clinic, Maxillofacial team, Neurology, Stroke team and paediatrics.

You will provide general Orthoptic services as well as provide support to the SEN lead, visiting special schools in the area, managing the administration, compiling reports for EHCP assessments, supporting a consultant led SEN paediatric clinic.

Working for our organisation

We have a long and proud history of caring for generations of local people and can trace our roots all the way back to 1814 with the first hospital in Bolton - the Bolton Dispensary in the town centre.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 310,000+ people.

The Royal Bolton Hospital is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women's and children's services and is the busiest single ambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester. We're structured in four clinical divisions - Community Services, Families and Diagnostics, Medicine, and Surgery and are led by a Board of Directors. As an NHS Foundation Trust we're accountable to our members and have a Council of Governors to represent the views of patients, public, staff and partners.

Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 6,718 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post involves the assessment , diagnosis and management of a varied caseload of Orthoptic patients providing an interesting mix of adult and paediatric patients including from the Emergency eye clinic, Maxillofacial team, Neurology, Stroke team and paediatrics.

You will provide general Orthoptic services as well as provide support to the SEN lead, visiting special schools in the area, managing the administration, compiling reports for EHCP assessments, supporting a consultant led SEN paediatric clinic.

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role, please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Person specification

Qualifications & Professional Registration

• Qualified Orthoptist
• Registered with the HCPC
• Bachelor of Science in Orthoptics: BSc (Orth), BMedSci (Orth) and/or Diploma in British Orthoptics (DBO)
• City & Guilds (or equivalent) teaching qualification
• Member of British & Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS)

Experience

• Demonstrates experience working within SEND services
• Experience working in special schools
• Demonstrates broad overall level of Orthoptic experience

Reason for applying for this role

• Demonstrates passion for the role with send services
• Demonstrates motivation for working in Bolton eye unit

The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.

We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.