Job vacancy: Orthoptist, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Barnet

Job summary

Main area: Orthoptist
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 824-NORTH-8412-B

Employer: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: L5 Barnet Orthoptics
Town: Barnet
Salary: £40,701 - £48,054 Per annum ,inclusive of HCAs
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/05/2024 23:59

Orthoptist

Band 6

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, and managing all categories of patients referred to the Orthoptic service, and to refer patients on where necessary.
To act as an independent, autonomous professional in the clinic and work independently and unsupervised within the code of practice of the professional body.
To participate effectively in multi-professional approaches to health care delivery, liaising with Optometrists, Orthoptist and other Health Care Professionals.
To acknowledge cross-professional boundaries and employ appropriate referral procedures.

Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Bachelor of Science in Orthoptics BSc or BMed Sci (Orthoptics) and or Diploma of the British Orthoptic Council
• To be registered with the Health Care Professions Council
• To have significant experience in all aspects of clinical Orthoptics.

Desirable criteria

• School Vision Screening experience
• Teaching and Assessing certificate
• Post graduate British and Irish Orthoptic Society Clinical Educators Course or British Orthoptic Society Clinical Demonstrators Course
• NHS management qualification or appropriate experiential learning to enable the post holder to deputise for the Head Orthoptist during annual leave and other short periods of absence.
• Ability to use Microsoft WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT and be proficient in keyboard use.

Experience

Essential criteria

Clinical experience in specialist paediatric Orthoptics to provide an expert opinion in assessing, diagnosing, and managing highly complex paediatric Orthoptic patient
To have experience in all aspects of clinical Orthoptics involving paediatrics and community clinics and vision screening.
Able to work autonomously.
Knowledge of current school vision screening policies
Leading and developing teams
Quality assurance

Desirable criteria

Experience in research and clinical audits

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Advanced skills in assessment and treatment of children with complex eye conditions
Ability to problem solve, prioritise, and demonstrate advanced clinical skills.
Advanced communication and report writing skills in both verbal and written format
Skills in supervision and appraisal of staff
Presentation skills
Personal and professional responsibilities
Ability to self-motivate
Efficient time management
Ability to work as a team member
Ability to work effectively in a team
Excellent attention to detail
Must be methodical and well organised.
Acute levels of hand eye co-ordination.
Reliable, flexible & adaptable
Ability to use initiative
Creative & innovative
Evidence of the understanding and ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
Must possess commitment and work and hours required to complete the team and individual tasks
To demonstrate active participation in undergraduate and post graduate education of Orthoptists, Optometrists, Nursing and Medical staff.

Desirable criteria

Competent in the use of Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook )

Other

Essential criteria

Must be methodical and well organised.
Acute levels of hand eye co-ordination
Evidence of the understanding and ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
Must possess commitment and work the hours required to complete the team and individual tasks.
Must be punctual, reliable, flexible, and self-motivated in approach to duties.
Must be able to identify their limitations in theoretical and practical skills and thus when to seek the advice of a senior colleague.
Must be organised and able to analyse complex information
Ability to work under pressure
Ability to manage time and resources.
To have the ability to work successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Ability to recognise and respond to needs and changes.
Self-motivation for continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

Demonstrate commitment to the Trust values

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

"We work Flexibly"

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Anu Jose Padayathil
Job title: Lead Orthoptist
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07932522487

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