Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology - Glaucoma.
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 0.3 hours per week (7.5 hours.)
- Job ref
- 205-6204928
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Stoke
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Optometrist
Band 8a
Job overview
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing an extensive range of advanced Optometric services for patient care to the highest standards of quality and care and meeting the changing needs of the department
- To demonstrate Optometry techniques at post-graduate level for multiple disciplines within Ophthalmology
- Please see the JD attached
Main duties of the job
- Communicates effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team,
requires concise and accurate verbal and written reports - Communicates condition related information, breaking bad news on a daily basis
that has life changing consequences e.g. untreatable sight loss/blindness, loss of
driving license due to sight loss. Patients are frequently elderly - Assist with day-to day running of department including administrative duties
necessary for smooth running of the department - Please see the JD attached
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Undertake Slit lamp bio microscopy and volk lens examination
- To decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient and professional demands, and to ensure these adhere to both local and professional
requirements. - To contribute to the planning and the development of the Optometry service
- Work closely with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure an efficient
service and high level of patient care in line with Trust policy - Please see the JD attached
Person specification
Certificate and Registration Check
Essential criteria
- Qualified Optometrist Registered with GOC
Desirable criteria
- Updated skills and knowledge
Skills, Ability & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Well developed interpersonal and communication skills
- Works as part of a multidisciplinary team and as an individual
- Good organisational and planning skills
- Ability to gain co-operation in a wide range of ages, ability and understanding
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to express self well both written & verbal
- Pleasant personality
- Enthusiastic & motivated
CET Evidence
Essential criteria
- Appropriate, varied Optometry experience
- Previous work in hospital eye service
Desirable criteria
- Experience of clinical/medical audit
- Teaching
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andrew Brown
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology
- Email address
- [email protected]
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