Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent full-time Principal Optometrist. As Principal Optometrist, you would be the line manager to our Optometry team consisting of 7 part-time Optometrists. You would have duties and responsibilities as described within the attached job description and would also be a key member within the wider Ophthalmology team, working to maintain and improve care within the Ophthalmology department.
Clinically the role would include Consultant Led Glaucoma, Optometrist Led Stable Glaucoma and Glaucoma New (dependent on previous experience), Cataract pre and post op, Cornea and Anterior Segment, Medical Retina including semi virtual assessments and injection assessing (dependent on experience), Low Vision, Medical Contact Lenses, Adult and Paediatric Refraction and a unique opportunity to work within our extended role Paediatric Ophthalmology clinics, which includes mixed pathology and specialist clinics for those with additional needs.
We are a large teaching hospital and we provide supervision and education to pre-registration Optometrist who come for their 2 week placement.
We run and participate in educational activities ran by and for the Ophthalmology Department. This includes the teaching of undergraduate or Orthoptic students, medical undergraduates, junior doctors and other health care professionals.
Responsibilities
* To line manage the Optometric team at the Royal London Hospital under the direction of the Head Orthoptist.
* To communicate with and provide feedback to the Head Orthoptist and the Clinical Lead on the strategic direction of Optometry at the Royal London Hospital.
* To have responsibility for the clinical, managerial and clinical governance of Optometrists working at the Royal London Hospital including the responsibility for managing departmental rotas and annual leave.
* To provide an Optometric overview for service development at the Royal London Hospital.
* To be responsible for and personally deliver a wide range of highly specialised Optometric care, extended role Optometric care, clinical audit, teaching, research and the supervision of pre-registration Optometrists at the Royal London Hospital.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
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