Job summary
- Main area
- Optometry
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: 8hours per week
- Hours
- Part time - 8 hours per week
- Job ref
- 292-6403153-SCC
- Employer
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- PAH
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum plus 5% High Cost Area Suppliment
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Optometrist
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
We have an opportunity for a new or experienced Optometrist to join the Ophthalmology team at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow.
You will be required to provide optometric support to the busy Ophthalmology clinics, which run in conjunction with other departments in the hospital.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Optometrist with hospital and community experience who can work in an adult and paediatric extended role, carrying out a wide range of complex optometric and ophthalmological procedures.
Main duties of the job
As part of your role, you will:
- Ensure safe and effective clinical practice
- Enhance the patient's experience
- Manage and develop the performance of the team
- Ensure effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation’s objectives
- Undertake independently/supervised a wide range of specialty clinical services involving optometric extended roles.
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. Available to download at anytime
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Optometry Bsc (Hons)
- GOC registered optometrist
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in dealing with complex refraction cases
- Experience in dealing with complex refraction cases
- Experience of Audit and other quality initiatives
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Symmandeep Sandher
- Job title
- Ophthalmology Unit Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01279 443346
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