Job vacancy: Bank Orthoptist B7, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Uxbridge

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Employer: The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Hillingdon Hospital
Town: Uxbridge
Salary: £27.78 - £41.94 All of the above rates attract 12.07% WTD
Salary period: Hourly
Closing: 28/08/2025 23:59

Bank Orthoptist B7

Bank Band 7

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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Orthoptic Clinical Duties

§ To work as an autonomous practitioner, prioritising workload and legally and professionally responsible for all aspects of own work.

§ To provide the assessment and management of patients referred to orthoptics by various departments including paediatrics, A&E, maxillo-facial, CDC, neurology, endocrinology, Stroke Unit etc.

§ Carry out accurate orthoptic assessment on all patients attending a specialist paediatric ophthalmology clinic, requiring advanced clinical skills in the visual assessment of premature babies and infants with multiple disabilities, complex congenital and genetic disorders and challenging behaviour.

§ To be responsible for the instillation of dilating eye drops prior to retinoscopy and fundus examination, according to departmental protocols / PGDs.

§ To use clinical judgement and department protocols for the orthoptic management of patients, taking responsibility for commencing treatment, follow up appointments, appropriate onward referral or discharge from the orthoptic service.

§ Formulate individual treatment plans for patients to suit their needs using advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.

§ Take sole responsibility to select patients requiring surgical intervention for squint correction, discuss the pros and cons of surgery and explain the techniques involved to the parents.

§ Undertake pre and post operative assessments requiring significant manual dexterity, speed and accuracy in infants.

§ Discuss the selection of surgical management with the surgeon and give advice regarding the type and amount of surgery based on the orthoptic assessment.

§ Examine post operative cases on the day of surgery for adjustable sutures or 2 weeks post op.

§ Perform urgent diagnostic tests for patients attending eye casualty with symptoms, formulate a diagnosis and have sole responsibility for suggesting further diagnostic tests to the medical staff for patients with possible signs of systemic disease/orbital fracture/space occupying lesions. This requires a high level of anatomical and neurological knowledge.

Person specification

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Essential criteria

Shortlist
Shortlist Reserve
Decline

Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date. All contracts are issued under Agenda for Change Terms & Conditions of employment and all posts are subject to appropriate job matching or evaluation process, where indicated. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community to ensure our workforce is representative of the population. Please note that all candidates at risk in London and going through the NHS London Redeployment scheme are to be given priority as part of the recruitment process where their application meets the essential criteria for the role.

Please note: If you do not meet the requirements for the role or have specific registration where required then your application will be automatically rejected.

If you do not hear from within 2 weeks of the closing date please assume you are unsuccessful.

The Hillingdon Hospital will use the information provided primarily for the purposes of managing your employment within the Trust.

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Applicant requirements

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: TSB Recruitment
Job title: TSB Recruitment team
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01895279874

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