Medical Optometrist

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

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Job summary

Bristol Eye Hospital is inviting applications from enthusiastic and motivated optometrists to join the Optometry team in the Glaucoma Service.

The Optometry department is well established and integrated into the multidisciplinary environment of the hospital, providing ophthalmic clinical management to people in the Bristol, Weston and across the South West of England. Optometrists work across a broad range of multi-professional services from highly skilled core optometry to complex and specialised services, including glaucoma,cornea, medical retinaand ED.

You will be based in the Glaucoma Service and clinical responsibilities will include patient facing glaucoma clinics for both routine and complex case mixes, new patient clinics, virtual clinic review and potential to deliver selective laser trabeculoplasty.

Candidates will have the highest level of clinical experience and qualifications in glaucoma enabling them to work autonomously as well as under supervision.

Successful applicants will be fully engaged with the department, contributing to team development and clinical service delivery, through high quality supervision and teaching, as well as active input into audit and clinical governance

Clinics are located at both Bristol Eye Hospital and Weston General Hospital locations. The role will be interesting, varied and there is significant scope for professional and personal development.

This is a permanent part-time role.

Main duties of the job

About you:

You are an optometrist with a commitment to professional and personal development and an enthusiasm for complex clinical work as well as service innovation. You have a high level of clinical experience in glaucoma which will enable you to manage a high volume complex caseload in the glaucoma service. Your highly developed specialist knowledge has been evidenced by holding the College of Optometrists Diploma in Glaucoma.

Keen to be fully engaged with the department, and to contribute to team development as well as clinical service delivery, you will be able to provide high quality supervision and teaching as well as actively input into audit and clinical governance.

Informal enquiries regarding this position are encouraged. For further information please contact Jennifer Durant, Glaucoma Service Lead Optometrist, Bristol Eye Hospital, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS1 2LX. Email: jennifer.durant@uhbw.nhs.uk Tel: 0117 342 1437

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Date posted

17 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

387-S-6222-LH

Job locations

Bristol Eye Hospital

Lower Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS1 2LX


Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Highly developed and proven specialist knowledge, at Masters level or above, across multiple areas of specialist clinical practice beyond conventional hospital or community optometry
  • Multidisciplinary team working
  • Previous hospital eye service experience
  • Significant specialist clinical experience in assessment & management of patients with active and sight-threatening disease across multiple of areas of-specialist clinical practice
  • Significant specialist clinical experience in management of patients with ocular/visual manifestations of systemic disease that may threaten general health
  • Advanced understanding of all relevant national clinical guidance (e.g. NICE guidelines; College of Optometrists Clinical Management Guidelines; Royal College of Ophthalmologists guidelines

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Specialist clinical practice beyond conventional hospital or community optometry
  • Specialist clinical assessment skills for patients with active and sight-threatening disease across multiple of areas of sub-specialist clinical practice
  • Specialist ancillary test interpretation skills (e.g. visual function and ocular imaging tests) as used by specialist medical staff
  • Can teach or; supervise trainees; & address queries from support staff whilst performing clinical duties
  • Must be able to travel to and perform peripheral clinics as required (i.e. locations away from Bristol Eye Hospital)
  • Ability to quickly interpret complex and potentially conflicting clinical information
  • Normal binocular vision

Aptitudes

Essential

  • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate complex, sensitive and potentially conflicting information to patients and other stakeholders in an appropriate manner independent of their level of understanding
  • Ability to empathise regarding loss of sight and prognoses including blindness and threats to general health from systemic disease with ocular/visual manifestations
  • Able to work within a multidisciplinary team & gain credibility with all staff
  • Capable of performing sustained high intensity work in a pressurised clinical environment

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Registration with the General Optical Council
  • BSc Hons Optometry or equivalent
  • Professional post-graduate specialist qualification(s) at masters level or higher, relevant to job plan (eg College of Optometrists DipGlauc, Higher Prof Cert Med Ret)
  • GOC Speciality Registration in Independent Prescribing
  • Postgraduate masters (or higher) level clinical audit or research experience relevant to sub-specialist practice
Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Highly developed and proven specialist knowledge, at Masters level or above, across multiple areas of specialist clinical practice beyond conventional hospital or community optometry
  • Multidisciplinary team working
  • Previous hospital eye service experience
  • Significant specialist clinical experience in assessment & management of patients with active and sight-threatening disease across multiple of areas of-specialist clinical practice
  • Significant specialist clinical experience in management of patients with ocular/visual manifestations of systemic disease that may threaten general health
  • Advanced understanding of all relevant national clinical guidance (e.g. NICE guidelines; College of Optometrists Clinical Management Guidelines; Royal College of Ophthalmologists guidelines

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Specialist clinical practice beyond conventional hospital or community optometry
  • Specialist clinical assessment skills for patients with active and sight-threatening disease across multiple of areas of sub-specialist clinical practice
  • Specialist ancillary test interpretation skills (e.g. visual function and ocular imaging tests) as used by specialist medical staff
  • Can teach or; supervise trainees; & address queries from support staff whilst performing clinical duties
  • Must be able to travel to and perform peripheral clinics as required (i.e. locations away from Bristol Eye Hospital)
  • Ability to quickly interpret complex and potentially conflicting clinical information
  • Normal binocular vision

Aptitudes

Essential

  • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate complex, sensitive and potentially conflicting information to patients and other stakeholders in an appropriate manner independent of their level of understanding
  • Ability to empathise regarding loss of sight and prognoses including blindness and threats to general health from systemic disease with ocular/visual manifestations
  • Able to work within a multidisciplinary team & gain credibility with all staff
  • Capable of performing sustained high intensity work in a pressurised clinical environment

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Registration with the General Optical Council
  • BSc Hons Optometry or equivalent
  • Professional post-graduate specialist qualification(s) at masters level or higher, relevant to job plan (eg College of Optometrists DipGlauc, Higher Prof Cert Med Ret)
  • GOC Speciality Registration in Independent Prescribing
  • Postgraduate masters (or higher) level clinical audit or research experience relevant to sub-specialist practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

Address

Bristol Eye Hospital

Lower Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS1 2LX


Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

Address

Bristol Eye Hospital

Lower Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS1 2LX


Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Glaucoma service led optometrist

Jennifer Durant

jennifer.durant@uhbw.nhs.uk

01173421437

Date posted

17 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

387-S-6222-LH

Job locations

Bristol Eye Hospital

Lower Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS1 2LX


Supporting documents

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