Job overview
It is an exciting time to join our team as a specialist optometrist at Salisbury District Hospital Eye clinic. We pride ourselves in being a small, friendly department, with real drive to improve both patient care and the working environment for our staff.
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Optometrist complementing and supporting our clinical teams to provide innovative, optometric care.
Our diagnostic hub in Salisbury city centre has been developed and established over the last two years which has allowed us to develop virtual pathways for patients with AMD, Glaucoma and more recently Keratoconus.
Our Ophthalmology Department currently sees nearly 32,000 new patients per year and is active in shaping the strategy across the BSW (Bath, Swindon, Wiltshire) Eyecare Network and the BSW Hospitals Group.
We are pleased to be able to expand our optometry team with this new post which will complement the work being undertaken in our clinical diagnostic hub in the centre of Salisbury. We are keen to develop Optometry led pathways to support medical colleagues to manage the ever-growing demand for secondary care Ophthalmology.
Main duties of the job
As part of the optometry team at SFT, you will form an integral part of a developing service providing optometric and expanded scope services. These will include but are not limited to adult and paediatric refraction, contact lens fitting, low vision services, medical retina services including intraocular injections, glaucoma services including running and reviewing glaucoma monitoring clinics, cataract services including pre and post operative care, acute referral clinics, performing clinical audits, contributing to educational advancement and research projects within the department.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Must be GOC registrant
2. Must hold a BSc in Optometry
3. Must have a minimum of 2 years experience as a qualified optometrist
Desirable criteria
4. Have IP qualification
5. Hold post graduate qualification e.g. prof cert med ret or prof cert glauc
Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
6. Have a desire for self improvement and learning new skills
Desirable criteria
7. Have previous employment in a hospital eye service
8. Must be able to provide evidence of up to date and ongoing CPD
Communication
Essential criteria
9. Excellent written work
10. Competent using multiple IT platforms
Desirable criteria
11. Skills in line management / mentoring/ supervision
These include but aren't limited to:-
12. Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
13. Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
14. An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
15. Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
16. Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
17. An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
18. Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
19. Cycle to work scheme
20. Uniform provided (where required)
21. On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
22. On site health and fitness club
23. On site car parking (fee's and restrictions apply)
24. Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.