Job summary
- Main area
- Head & Neck, Orthopaedic and Reconstructive Services L3
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 328-HNO-6434590
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The James Cook University Hospital
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum if FT or pro rata if PT
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Optometrist
Band 7
Job overview
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to come and join our Optometry team. We are looking to recruit full or part time optometrists to undertake advanced clinical roles in Medical Retina, Cataract, Glaucoma and Emergency Department.
A wide range of specialist core clinical roles are also required i.e. adult and paediatric refraction, medical contact lenses, low vision rehabilitation and participation in research and clinical trials.
These posts will be based at The James Cook University Hospital with single-handed sessions undertaken each week across various sites including Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, Low Grange Middlesbrough & North Tees and Hartlepool.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
To undertake a lead role in the delivery of a broad range of highly specialist core optometric services to the highest standards of quality and care for South Tees Hospitals and its outreach clinics. This would include diagnostic refraction, independent management of highly complex specialist medical contact lenses and low vision rehabilitation.
To work as independent practitioner and to work autonomously as part of multi-disciplinary team, providing an extensive range of advanced optometric services to the highest standards of quality and care.
To undertake a significant caseload involving advanced highly specialist extended clinical roles in e.g. Glaucoma, Medical Retina, Cataract, Emergency Department and optometric management of children with wide ranging learning disabilities.
To ensure that the patient is the central focus.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
· Explore leadership within the NHS
· Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
· Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
· Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work autonomously and undertake a comprehensive range of highly complex hospital optometry core specialist services including diagnostic refraction, specialist medical contact lens, low visual aids for patients of all ages (including those with a wide range of learning disabilities)
- • Ability to undertake audit of personal and others data
- • Competent IT skills (word, Excel, Powerpoint)
- • Able to work independently and across disciplines as a member of a multidisciplinary team
- • Ability to undertake extended role in specialist areas such as glaucoma, paediatrics, Medical retina
- • Evidence of excellent communication and interpersonal skills including effective report writing
- • Able to work under pressure
- • Ability to use own initiative and make independent clinical decisions
- • Good organisational skills and time management skills
- • Change management skills and involvement in project work. And the willingness to implement and lead change where necessary
- • Ability to work with patients of all ages but in particular children (often with learning disabilities) and the elderly
- • Courteous at all times with patients with excellent chairside manner
Desirable criteria
- • To assist in the training of basic optical skills to nurses and junior medical staff
- • To participate in the supervision of pre-registration optometrists and other students attending clinics in observational capacities
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- • Degree in Optometry
- • Registered with General Optical Council (GOC)
- • Postgraduate College of Optometrists Qualification Independent
- • Prescribing – DipTp(IP) - If not - willingness to work towards and successfully complete this qualification within 5 years of appointment
Desirable criteria
- • Attendance at the leadership and development and improvement programme (4.5 days)
- • MSc or PhD in Optometry or equivalent post graduate experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Post registration optometrist experience - which does not have to be Hospital Eye Service (HES) based
- • Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.
- • Experience working in a multidisciplinary team.
- • Experience of shared care/ extended role in one or more of: glaucoma, cataract and/or medical retina, complex refraction and Low vision, medical contact lenses and clinical trials
- • Broad understanding of the developing roles of the ophthalmic professions, within primary secondary & tertiary care.
- • Knowledge and experience of clinical governance
- • Experience of undertaking research
Desirable criteria
- • Previous exposure to Hospital Eye Service (HES)
- • Previous contact lens experience
- • Low vision rehabilitation experience
- • Experience of teaching
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Trimble~Norton
- Job title
- Senior General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 850 850
- Additional information
ext 57147
or
Ms Sreekumari Pushpoth
Clinical Director Ophthalmology
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
The Recruitment Team
The Murray Building
The James Cook University Hospital
TS4 3BW
- Telephone
- 01642 850850, ext. 57396
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