Specialist Orthoptist

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Hatching Green; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Preceptorship and mentorship

High Cost Area Supplement

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is recruiting a Specialist Orthoptist. The role may operate as a Band 5 to Band 6 run through post, with preceptorship and mentorship to support professional development.

You will deliver comprehensive orthoptic services as an autonomous practitioner, prioritise your clinical caseload, and liaise with relevant professionals to provide high-quality patient care.

Job description

We are recruiting for a Specialist Orthoptist who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We would encourage new graduates to apply for the post also. Should they be successful at interview the post would be offered as a Band 5 to Band 6 run through post. Preceptorship and mentorship would be provided to support this professional development. The Ophthalmology service is currently provided by 7 consultant ophthalmologists, specialising in the areas of Paediatric Ophthalmology, Medical retina, Glaucoma, Oculoplastic and Vitreoretinal surgery. The consultants are supported by a comprehensive team of associate specialists, including junior training posts which are part of the Cambridge deanery. The Trust is actively supporting the development of extended role working for Allied Health Professionals in line with the Royal College of Ophthalmology's Common Core Clinical Competencies Framework; the successful candidate would be instrumental in aiding the development of these roles within the orthoptic service. In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,121 per annum pro rata. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. The successful candidate willprovidecomprehensive orthoptic services as an autonomous practitioner and toprioritiseown clinical caseload. You will assess, diagnose and manage patients referred to the Orthoptic Department and to liaise withappropriate professionals. You will also organise your caseload efficiently and effectively regarding clinical priority and use of time, to maintain clear and accurate patient records. The post holder will alsobe responsible forthe planning,implementingandreviewingoftreatments for a mixed caseload, using advanced clinical knowledge andevidence-basedpractice.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.