Specialist Optometrist

Job summary

It is an exciting time to join our team as a specialist optometrist at Salisbury District Hospital Eye clinic. We pride ourselves in being a small, friendly department, with real drive to improve both patient care and the working environment for our staff.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Optometrist complementing and supporting our clinical teams to provide innovative, optometric care.

Our diagnostic hub in Salisbury city centre has been developed and established over the last two years which has allowed us to develop virtual pathways for patients with AMD, Glaucoma and more recently Keratoconus.

Our Ophthalmology Department currently sees nearly 32,000 new patients per year and is active in shaping the strategy across the BSW (Bath, Swindon, Wiltshire) Eyecare Network and the BSW Hospitals Group.

We are pleased to be able to expand our optometry team with this new post which will complement the work being undertaken in our clinical diagnostic hub in the centre of Salisbury. We are keen to develop Optometry led pathways to support medical colleagues to manage the ever-growing demand for secondary care Ophthalmology.

Main duties of the job

As part of the optometry team at SFT, you will form an integral part of a developing service providing optometric and expanded scope services. These will include but are not limited to adult and paediatric refraction, contact lens fitting, low vision services, medical retina services including intraocular injections, glaucoma services including running and reviewing glaucoma monitoring clinics, cataract services including pre and post operative care, acute referral clinics, performing clinical audits, contributing to educational advancement and research projects within the department.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk