This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Highly Specialist Orthoptist.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people across the Borough of Hillingdon, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare – our mission is to provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, improving the health and wellbeing of the people we serve.
We are seeking an experienced, highly motivated and proactive individual to work with the current team of 3 Orthoptists at Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospitals together with community clinics. The post holder will be expected to develop an extended role in AMD clinics.
Responsibilities
* Work as an autonomous practitioner to assess, diagnose and manage any patient referred to the Optometry Department.
* Work as part of the multi‑disciplinary team in sub‑specialised glaucoma, paediatric ophthalmology clinics and orthoptic/optometry led clinics together with one or more of sub‑specialised cataract, medical retina, research clinics, undertaking “extended role” optometry work (dependent on experience).
* Perform refraction, low‑vision aid assessment and medical contact lens assessment & fitting.
* Provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate levels for various disciplines within ophthalmology (ophthalmologists, medical students, ophthalmic nurses, orthoptists, optometrists, ophthalmic photographers and other health professionals).
* Be responsible, as an autonomous practitioner, for prioritising workload and being legally and professionally responsible for all aspects of own work for the evaluation of visual acuity, visual function and visual behaviour of all patients.
* Plan, implement and monitor individual optometric treatment plans/care pathways for patients of all ages using advanced clinical reasoning and evidence‑based practice; re‑evaluate on return appointments.
* Undertake objective and/or subjective refraction and perform the necessary numeric calculations to provide an accurate glasses prescription for the patient.
* Accurately assess and compare spectacle prescriptions using automated and manual focimetry.
* Assessment of the fundus and media using direct ophthalmoscopy, indirect ophthalmoscopy or high‑powered lenses at a slit lamp to detect and diagnose any ophthalmic conditions in new patients or to monitor stability and detect changes in patients under review; make onward referral to ophthalmology and advise administrative staff of urgency.
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Apr 2026.
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