Specialist Orthoptist | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking an enthusiastic Orthoptist to join their orthoptic team. This permanent, full-time role based at Whipps Cross Hospital offers the chance to work with a close-knit multidisciplinary team and provides opportunities in pediatric and adult services. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Orthoptics and the ability to work autonomously while participating in educational activities.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing comprehensive orthoptic services.
• Ability to teach other healthcare professionals.
• Autonomous practitioner capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide orthoptic services as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Participate in educational activities for healthcare professionals.
• Work with wider MDT teams for quality improvement.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

Understanding of orthoptic practices

Education

Degree in Orthoptics

Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has become available with a vacancy within our orthoptic team. We are a friendly team looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Orthoptist to join us from October 2025. This is a permanent, full-time post. You will be based at Whipps Cross Hospital and have an interesting mix of paediatric and adult hospital and community clinic & special schools with training opportunities within extended roles.

Our Whipps Cross team consists of a close-knit multidisciplinary team consisting of full-time and part-time 9 Orthoptists, 16 Optometrists, 13 consultants across paediatrics and adult services, a nursing team including HCAs, ECLOs, photography and administrative teams.

There will be opportunities to work with the wider MDT teams including quality improvement, AHP and governance teams.

Responsibilities

• The post-holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary Orthoptic and Ophthalmology teams that provide comprehensive and quality Orthoptic services for the Trust.
• The Orthoptic department is a highly specialised department that provides comprehensive, quality and specialised Orthoptic services to the Trust as part of a multi-disciplinary Ophthalmology Team.
• You will participate in the educational activities run by and for the Orthoptic Departments. This includes the teaching of other health care professionals, medical undergraduates and junior doctors.
• To provide an orthoptic service as an autonomous practitioner: both preventative and curative as directed by the standards of the British and Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS).

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Overview / Job details

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment(s) below.

For further information or to visit please contact Laura Grant (Head Orthoptist, WX) 020 8535 6710 email: [e-mail]

This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Sep 2025