Specialist Optometrist COH

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Colchester Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated optometrist to join the Optometry service.

This is full time post but we are open for part time/ job share applications.

This post holder will be responsible for managing the triage of new referrals to the eye clinic and will also hold a significant clinical workload. They will work within core optometry clinics and extended scope roles in the ophthalmology sub-speciality clinics.

This presents an ideal opportunity to experienced community optometrists who wish to expand their knowledge base further, previous hospital experience is not essential.

The successful applicants will be offered comprehensive training in hospital clinical work including refraction, specialist contact lens, LVA, special needs clinics, plus development of clinical experience in extended roles such as medical retina, vitreo-retinal, cataract, glaucoma and cornea.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner who is required to deliver a broad range of core optometric and specialised extended role clinical services at the Primary Care Centre, Colchester, and peripheral hospitals.

The post holder will manage the triage of community ophthalmic referrals.

The post holder is required to contribute to the teaching, audit, research, clinical governance and administrative requirements of the optometry service.

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata). Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

18 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

432-HR350-23

Job locations

Colchester Eye Clinic

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualifed optometrist
Post graduate qualification (Level 7) relevant to optometry
GOC registration as optometrist

Experience

Essential

Post qualification experience
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Be able to demonstrate professional experience dealing with people of all ages and with a range of vision problems

Desirable

Previous experience in community minor eye conditions scheme (MECS).
Previous experience in ophthalmic sub-specialty clinics
Previous hospital eye service experience

Skills

Essential

Demonstrate commitment to acquire new skills and knowledge
Good inter-personal skills and ability to work as part of team
Ability to work independently and make clinical decisions

Desirable

Ability to work under pressure

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualifed optometrist
Post graduate qualification (Level 7) relevant to optometry
GOC registration as optometrist

Experience

Essential

Post qualification experience
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Be able to demonstrate professional experience dealing with people of all ages and with a range of vision problems

Desirable

Previous experience in community minor eye conditions scheme (MECS).
Previous experience in ophthalmic sub-specialty clinics
Previous hospital eye service experience

Skills

Essential

Demonstrate commitment to acquire new skills and knowledge
Good inter-personal skills and ability to work as part of team
Ability to work independently and make clinical decisions

Desirable

Ability to work under pressure

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.