Main area Senior Optometrist Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (2 x 8.45-4.45 days per week (Mon-Fri, days can be agreed upon appointment)) Job ref 214-SRG-7429474
Employer Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's Mill Hospital Town Sutton-In-Ashfield Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/10/2025 23:59
Senior Optometrist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.
Job overview
Join our Team as a Part-Time Paediatric Optometrist!
As a part-time optometrist, you will play a pivotal role in providing top-notch optometry services within our esteemed hospital. Embrace the responsibility of assessing, diagnosing, and expertly managing the treatment of patients referred to our esteemed Hospital Orthoptic/Optometry service. Don't worry if you're new to this specialty; we provide comprehensive training to ensure your success.
Step into a world of excitement and growth with our incredible team. We are thrilled to offer you the chance to gain invaluable experience in paediatric refraction and fundoscopy. Become an integral part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals, where you'll thrive as an autonomous practitioner.
You will be the heart of our orthoptic/optometry clinic, with the sole responsibility of caring for patients from diverse backgrounds, including young children, babies, and individuals with learning and physical disabilities. Your compassionate approach and unwavering commitment to excellence will leave a lasting impact on every patient you serve.
This is your moment to shine! Embrace this attractive opportunity to join our dedicated team, where your skills and passion will make a genuine difference in the lives of countless patients. Join us now, and let's create an extraordinary vision for the future together.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Knowledge
* Knowledge of Optometry, Optics, & Ophthalmology
* Knowledge of Orthoptics
* Knowledge of hospital optometry/orthoptics
Qualifications
* Batchelor of Science in Optometry or equivalent qualification.
* Registration with the General Optical Council
* Additional training relating to orthoptics or learning disability
Further Training
* Continuing Professional Development
* experience of clinical audit
Experience
* Experience working as an optometrist
* Experience of working with children
* experience of working with children/adults with complex needs
Contractual Requirements
* Provide optometry service for Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust
* able to travel to cover Newark Hospital
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