Orthoptist

Job summary

Join our team; we are looking for an enthusiastic, self motivated individual to join a friendly orthoptic department in Hampshire Hospitals. The three main hospital sites to the hospital are; Winchester, Basingstoke and Andover.

Our department primarily consists of five orthoptists two paediatric ophthalmologist/motility and nystagmus specialists; we work closely with the optometrists and the ophthalmologists with other specialities, junior doctors and outpatient departments across the trust.

The caseload is varied and will include core orthoptic, adult ocular motility and paediatric clinics linked with the ophthalmologist. Refraction clinics linked to the optometrist and orthoptic led sessions using the plus optix. There will also be support and encouragement be involved in an extended role. Current roles include injection clinics, special educational needs, glaucoma clinics and visual stress clinics. Support also can be provided if the successful candidate would like to explore the OCCCF framework.

We are involved in placements for undergraduate orthoptists and STP audiologist students. We provide CPD opportunities through regular team meetings, audits and funding for external courses.

The post holder will have to travel between hospital sites and community clinics, a free bus service is available to staff between Winchester and Basingstoke Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The caseload is varied and will include core orthoptic, adult ocular motility and paediatric clinics linked with the ophthalmologist. Refraction clinics linked to the optometrist and orthoptic led sessions using the plus optix. There will also be support and encouragement be involved in an extended role. Current roles include injection clinics, special educational needs, glaucoma clinics and visual stress clinics. Support also can be provided if the successful candidate would like to explore the OCCCF framework.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.