Job overview
Well experienced Orthoptist with keen interest and experience in Neuro Ophthalmology. Leading and Developing the service across Buckinghamshire.
Main duties of the job
Provide an advanced specialist role in neuro‑ophthalmology and adult strabismus, delivering highly specialised autonomous clinical assessment and care. Lead within the orthoptic service, contributing to policy development and service improvement. Work effectively within the multidisciplinary team, offering teaching, supervision, and support to students and other professionals. Deliver high‑quality orthoptic services using advanced clinical expertise and strong communication skills.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
7. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
8. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
9. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
10. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
11. DBO, BSc (hons) Orthoptics, or BMed Sci Orthoptics
12. To be registered with the Health Professions Council.
13. Evidence of Continued Professional Development
14. Information Technology skills (including use of excel for producing statistical analysis
15. Membership of Neuro Ophthalmology BIOS CAG and demonstrate participation.
Desirable criteria
16. Knowledge of Careflow
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
17. Undergraduate orthoptic clinical experience and excellent years of post graduation experience in all aspects of clinical Orthoptics involving paediatrics, neurology, stroke patients and community as well as specialist services
18. Experience of Clinical teaching.
19. Clinical audit experience.
20. Research experience
21. Assessment, treatment and diagnosis of patients with IIH
22. Negotiating and persuasive skills required for BIOS Representative
23. Ability to deal with own highly complex workload and work unsupervised
Desirable criteria
24. Evidence of active participation in departmental teaching programmes.
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
25. Ability to assess, diagnose and treat full range of Orthoptic cases
26. Ability to manage and take responsibility for own workload and provide clinical supervision to junior members of staff
27. Ability to conduct visual fields using Humphrey Field analyser.
28. Extensive knowledge of conditions post stroke
29. To demonstrate an interest in Ophthalmology
30. Excellent communication skills, to be able to communicate using a range of verbal and or non -verbal techniques e.g. Makaton sign language
31. To be able to verbally communicate complex clinical information in an effective and efficient manner to other professional colleagues.
32. Ability to write complex clinical reports
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Desirable criteria
33. Normal visual acuity with both eyes open with glasses or contact lenses
34. Use of own car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995) to attend peripheral clinics.
35. Good physical dexterity.
36. Good physical dexterity. Good hand eye co-ordination.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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