At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital. With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals. We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives. Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today. Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen at Gloucestershire Hospitals for a highly skilled optometrist with a specialist interest in Glaucoma. A new role has been created for a Medical Optometrist to work in glaucoma clinics both as autonomous practitioner and working with consultants to see the most complex patients. In addition the post holder will work with glaucoma consultants in service development, audit and research as well as training optometrists working within the glaucoma service. Advert Previous hospital experience is essential as well as IP qualifications and the post holder is expected to have or be working toward diploma in Glaucoma and have experience working within a glaucoma service. The post holder will work within glaucoma clinics assessing and managing patients of all complexity. In addition a key part of the role is to work with glaucoma consultants to develop the virtual glaucoma service, establish new community referral pathways and community management schemes for low risk patients and be the clinical lead for the optometry glaucoma service. Working for our organisation The successful candidate will work within a friendly and progressive department of 25 Optometrists ranging from trainees to medical optometrists and will work with two full time Glaucoma Consultants. We work within two acute hospitals Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals with some additional clinical activity at community hospitals within the county. The Ophthalmology unit within Gloucestershire Hospitals is recognised nationally as being at the forefront of Ophthalmology within the UK. The unit is also highly regarded for clinical training and is active in research. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Working hours are 9 to 5.20 Monday to Friday with option of working additional Saturday clinics on occasion Job description is attached The role is clinical, working within glaucoma clinics at both Cheltenham and Gloucester sites, managing own patients and working within consultant led clinics but there is a significant expectation that service development will form a key part of the post as well as acting as clinical glaucoma lead, involved in audit and teaching of optometrists working within the glaucoma service. We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received. You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly. If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system Follow us on social media: Instagram LinkedIn Facebook