Job overview

Part time 22.5 hours per week. Permanent post.

We are looking for a part time permanent Specialist Orthoptist with experience and a special interest in working in SEN services.

Main duties of the job

This post involves the assessment , diagnosis and management of a varied caseload of Orthoptic patients providing an interesting mix of adult and paediatric patients including from the Emergency eye clinic, Maxillofacial team, Neurology, Stroke team and paediatrics.

You will provide  general Orthoptic services as well as provide support to the SEN lead, visiting special schools in the area,  managing the administration, compiling reports for EHCP assessments, supporting a consultant led SEN paediatric clinic.

Working for our organisation

We have a long and proud history of caring for generations of local people and can trace our roots all the way back to 1814 with the first hospital in Bolton – the Bolton Dispensary in the town centre.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 310,000+ people. 

The Royal Bolton Hospital is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women’s and children’s services and is the busiest single ambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester.  We’re structured in four clinical divisions – Community Services, Families and Diagnostics, Medicine, and Surgery and are led by a Board of Directors. As an NHS Foundation Trust we’re accountable to our members and have a Council of Governors to represent the views of patients, public, staff and partners.   

Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 6,718 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton.