Orthoptist

☞ Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Axbridge South West

Category: Health / Medical Care

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Position: Entry level

Job type: Full-time

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Role Description: The Ophthalmology team is looking for two enthusiastic candidates to join the Orthoptist team. One role is full time and the other role is part time. The successful candidate will work closely with the Ophthalmology and Orthoptist team to provide and manage an efficient and effective service.

You will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the full range of patients presenting to the Orthoptic Department, including developing and implementing a care plan for each patient. Further development into a specific role can be discussed at interview depending on experience and interest.

What We Look For
  • An enthusiastic and friendly orthoptist
  • Experience in orthoptics
  • High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of patient care, experience and the patient journey.
  • Assess, plan and implement complex care.
  • Lead specialist in clinical area.
  • Provides highly specialist advice and treatment planning support to clinical areas and to own caseload of patients.
  • Provides specialist education to other staff and students ensuring, developing and maintaining basic specialist knowledge and skills in the wider clinical teams to ensure continuity of high-quality care in the absence of the specialist teams.
  • Leads clinical audits in clinical area and may undertake research and development.
  • Involvement in the productivity and financial management of a clinical area
  • Leading by example.
  • Ensuring clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.
  • Effective leadership.
Who we are:The Ophthalmology Department works across all three of our hospital sites, with dedicated Ophthalmic areas at both main hospital sites, dedicated Ophthalmic Imaging support, as well as community eye services that support glaucoma referral refinement and Minor Eye Conditions (MECs) being dealt with closer to home. Each of our existing consultants has a strong general Ophthalmology background with sub-specialty interests in medical retina, glaucoma, uveitis, anterior segment, oculoplastics, and paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus. The successful candidate would be joining a strong team of orthoptists working closely with the consultant team to deliver high quality patient care.

About The Trust

The vision at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to provide outstanding care for every patient. We serve a population of nearly 600,000 people across Hampshire and West Berkshire as well as some people who access our specialist services from across the country.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jill Shorrocks Job title: Head Orthoptist Email address: jill.shorrocks@hhft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01256 313239
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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