Job summary
- Main area
- Orthoptics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 184-AR6175198
- Employer
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Musgrove Park Hospital
- Town
- Taunton
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Orthoptist
Band 5
Our award winning trusts recognise that our colleagues are our most valuable resource, we are proud of the excellent levels of service our Trust provides to our service users and the dedication and conscientiousness of our colleagues. With over 10,000 colleagues working for our trusts in a very wide range of services, we aim to provide a supportive, inclusive environment in which our colleagues can thrive.
Job overview
We are hoping to recruit one permanent band 5 full time graduate Orthoptist.
Orthoptists with experience also welcome to apply.
We have a great track record in providing high quality preceptorship programmes enabling a structured transition from student to practitioner to build on your skills and behaviours. Early career Orthoptists have always thrived here in a supportive and happy environment and have stayed longer than they initially thought they would, due to development opportunities and promotion.
We are a team of 10 Orthoptists with diverse interests including glaucoma, stroke and paediatric ophthalmology as well as varied orthoptic caseload and a reception aged school vision screening programme. We have two (soon to be three) Consultant Ophthalmologists with interests in paediatrics, ocular motility and neuro ophthalmology ,who value hugely our input into their caseload, and 12 consultant ophthalmologists in total covering all sub-specialities
You will have the support of a preceptor to enable you to get the best start to your orthoptic career to develop your skills, behaviours and values.
We are able to offer a competitive relocation package, to be discussed at interview.
Main duties of the job
You will undertake a varied orthoptic clinical role, including specialist paediatric, ocular motility and neuro-ophthalmology clinics.
Audit and continuing professional development are encouraged in the department, and we have regular teaching sessions. We are a placement centre for orthoptic undergraduate students. The department supports the BIOS preceptorship scheme as well as utilising the Somerset Foundation Trust AHP preceptorship programme enabling you to make contact with other early career AHPs.
Working for our organisation
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information.
To provide orthoptic services as an autonomous practitioner.
To assess, diagnose and manage patients referred to the orthoptic Department providing a comprehensive service across Somerset.
The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team within the ophthalmology department to provide and develop these services within the Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in orthoptics
- HCPC registration (or pending HCPC registration)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julia Devine
- Job title
- Head Orthoptist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01823 344679
- Additional information
Alternative contact telephone number: 01823 343234
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