Specialist Orthoptist

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

Unsocial hours payments

27 days annual leave on commencement (

NHS Discounts

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust is recruiting an Orthoptist to join our friendly, dynamic team. The role is focused on Colchester hospital with outreach clinics in north Essex and cross-site work in Ipswich as required.

You will manage a varied orthoptic caseload and provide high quality assessments and treatments. The department delivers both adult and paediatric services across inpatient and outpatient settings, with opportunities for continuous professional development and

Responsibilities

• Deliver orthoptic services in hospital and outreach settings.
• Formulate and implement individualised treatment plans balancing medical evidence with patient circumstances.
• Contribute to continuous professional development and participate in audits and research.

Job description

East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust are recruiting an Orthoptist to join our friendly and dynamic team who deliver orthoptic services in and around Colchester and Ipswich on a fixed term basis. This role is predominantly based at Colchester hospital and outreach clinics within north Essex, though with cross site working in Ipswich as required . You will be supported by the team to deliver high quality orthoptic services and will include a varied orthoptic caseload.

The department delivers adult and paediatric services, in-patient and out-patient stroke services, specialist SEN clinics in special schools and is an accredited department for student placements.

As an AHP at ESNEFT you will join a network of supportive and forward thinking AHPs across the trust who will support you in your role and who champion the work and development of the AHP community.

The department is committed to providing opportunities for continuous professional development and is active in audit and research., To conduct single-handed Orthoptic and work as part of a team in specialist multi-disciplinary paediatric clinics as required at the main base and in community settings.

To provide appropriate Orthoptic assessment and diagnosis for all patients referred to the department from other specialist clinics, as in-patients or out-patients

To formulate and implement an individualised treatment plan for paediatric and adult cases balancing medical evidence and patient circumstances, including amblyopia therapy, refractive treatments, orthoptic exercises, prismatic therapy and planning strabismus surgery.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

• generous pension scheme
• unsocial hours payments (where applicable)
• 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)
• access to a range of NHS discounts
• Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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