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Job summary

Main area
Ophthalmology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
292-6912493-SCC
Employer
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Town
Harlow
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/02/2025 23:59

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Orthoptist

NHS AfC: Band 6

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping. 

Our values

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts. 

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.


 

Job overview

This role will involve the diagnosis and management of paediatric and adult ocular motility patients. Including patients from the Emergency Eye clinic, Maxillofacial and Neurology. This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop into extended roles. You will be taking an extended role in subspecialty within ophthalmology and will be fully supported using the new OCCCF by internal consultants and management. 

 Why you should join our team:

  • Friendly team of experienced Orthoptists, Optometrists and x2 Paediatric, Neuro-ophthalmology and ocular motility specialist Consultant Ophthalmologists. 
  • Opportunity to expand clinical and practical knowledge
  • Close to London- easy commute

What we offer in terms of L&D:

  • Preceptorship/mentoring if more experience required
  • Opportunity to see and manage own cases
  • To teach and train junior staff, GP's, nursing team, doctors, MDT and audit trainings
  • Opportunity to be student supervisor/clinical tutor
  • Orthoptic extended roles: paediatric, complex ocular motility, neuro-ophthalmology with goldmann assessment, pre and post-op assessments, assisting in squint surgery under supervision of Paediatric consultants, independent specialist clinics.  
  • Extended role in specialties such as neuro-ophthalmology, medical retina, glaucoma, eye emergency etc using the OCCCF/OPT programme and competencies 

Main duties of the job

This is a part-time role at 31 hours per week permanent role

Main duties will include providing Orthoptic services as an autonomous practitioner, assessing, diagnosing and managing patients referred to the Orthoptic Department with evidence based practice, determining clinical diagnoses and developing management plans, and walking patients through discharge plans.

If successful, the post holder will form part of the clinical team providing a full range of Orthoptic care to patients.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Orthoptist with HCPC
  • Qualified in Orthoptics- Degree or Diplopia

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ophthalmology Knowledge and Experience
  • Managing Clinical audit, clinical governance, Infection Prevention and Control, and research for the department
  • Management of patients in hospital settings

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sonia Edmon
Job title
Ophthalmology Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01279 978915
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