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Optometrist
Grade
8A
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Job share
37.5 hours per week (Job share or part time considered)
Job ref
321-NOTSSCAN-6141926-B8a-1
Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Oxford Eye Hospital
Town
Oxford
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 Per Annum/Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/07/2024 23:59

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Principal Optometrist - Lead for Core Services

8A

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

 

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

 

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

 

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values


 

Job overview

We are very excited to be recruiting for a new post:  Principal Optometrist- lead for Core Services. This role would suit an experienced ( ideally 5+ years) , caring,  passionate, patient focussed,  hospital Optometrist who is keen to develop their clinical leadership skills as part of the newly established Senior Leadership Team in Optometry.  The post holder will be able to deliver autonomously in areas of core clinical practice and would have a role in providing clinical services and supporting leadership in extended/ Ophthalmology roles. This potholder will have a key role in the supervision of  the Trainee Optometrist. They will take a lead in how we, as hospital optometry, can engage with the new CLiP programme as part of the introduction of the GOCs new ETR.

The Optometry team has over 30 members and includes Optometrists, a Pre Registration Optometrist,  Dispensing Opticians, ECLOs and  Admin staff.

The Optometry service provides extensive core clinical services ( Low Vision, Medical Contact Lenses and Paediatrics) as well as being part of the multidisciplinary Ophthalmology Service where we support EED, Glaucoma, Paediatric  and Medical Retina clinics. 

Main duties of the job

  • To deputise in specific areas for the Head of Optometry in her absence when required particularly in areas related in clinical expertise 
  • To work as part of the senior leadership team in Optometry to provide strategic direction.
  • To provide a clinical lead in at least one of the major core services provided by the Department.
  • To work closely with the Head of Optometry to personally deliver an extensive range of core and highly specialist/extended optometric services to the highest standards of quality and care. 
  • To work with the Head of optometry in the development of and review of policies and procedures relating to core services.
  • To personally provide clinical support to all staff working in core optometry.
  • To personally champion high standards of clinical practice
  • To work closely with the Head of Optometry along with the Senior Leadership Team, a take delegated responsibility for the management of human resource issues relating to all staff levels (particularly but not exclusively the registered optometrists ) within the Department including appointment panels, appraisals, return to work interviews and wellbeing reviews.
  • To take the lead for supervision on a case-by-case basis for the resident graduate pre-registration optometrist. 
  • To engage in and support the provision of teaching and training on relevant subjects to different staff groups.
  • To undertake quality improvement projects and clinical audits as required by the Head of Optometry in area of expertise. 

 

Working for our organisation

The Optometry Team are a multi- professional team made up of Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians, ECLOs, Administrative staff and a pre registration Optometrist. All team members work to provide and support high levels of clinical skill ensuring patients receive the best available care at all times. The Optometry Department is part of the Ophthalmology Directorate based the John Radcliffe Hospital which provides inclusive care for patients in our county and also tertiary level care in some areas. Oxford is a beautiful historic city with access to areas of outstanding natural beauty and easy transport links to London and the Midlands.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for more details . The role is that of a clinical leader within the Optometry team.  The post holder will take a lead in core services and will support extended roles 

Person specification

Technical and VBI and presentation

Essential criteria
  • years experience as hospital optometrist with sound clinical knowledge
  • Evidence of working in a lead role
  • post graduate qualifications
Desirable criteria
  • Audit experience

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rasmeet Chadha
Job title
Head of Optometry
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01865231143
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