Job overview

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Ophthalmology Department is looking for a part-time Clinical Optometrist. This post is to support the Paediatric Ophthalmology service.

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals (ASPH) is the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents, serving a population of over 410,000 people living in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking and parts of Elmbridge, Hounslow, Surrey Heath and beyond. The Trust’s main two sites are Ashford Hospital and St. Peter’s Hospital. Day case surgery takes place in dedicated theatres at Ashford Hospital with Paediatric and other selected surgeries at St Peter’s Hospital. We are a forward looking department with a team of 19 medical staff including 2 with an interest in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Ocular Motility.

We have the benefit of state of the art ophthalmic imaging systems including, OCT and FFA imaging and a digital surveillance centre at Ashford Hospital, which has allowed us to transform our pathways. We have an excellent multidisciplinary team who work closely together to meet service and client requirements and are continually looking for opportunities to deliver better treatments in innovative ways.

Main duties of the job

The primary role will be to support the refraction service for Paediatric patients. This will be an important contribution towards maintaining the eye health and vision development, in our most vulnerable and young patients.

Working for our organisation

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

Please see the supporting links which you can find on the right-hand side of this job advert. There is guidance on how to make an application on NHS Jobs as well as more information about joining the ASPH Team

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.