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Overview
This role will involve the diagnosis and management of paediatric and adult ocular motility patients, including patients from the Emergency Eye clinic, Maxillofacial and Neurology. This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop into extended roles within ophthalmology and will be fully supported using the OCCCF by internal consultants and management.
Responsibilities
* Provide Orthoptic services as an autonomous practitioner, assessing, diagnosing and managing patients referred to the Orthoptic Department with evidence-based practice, determining clinical diagnoses and developing management plans, and guiding discharge through the process.
* Orthoptic extended roles: paediatric, complex ocular motility, neuro-ophthalmology with Goldmann assessment, pre- and post-operative assessments, and assisting in squint surgery under supervision of Paediatric consultants; run independent specialist clinics.
* Extended roles in neuro-ophthalmology, medical retina, glaucoma, eye emergencies using the OCCCF/OPT programme and competencies.
* Be part of the clinical team providing a full range of Orthoptic care to patients.
* Teach and train junior staff, GP's, nursing team, doctors, MDT and audit trainings; opportunity to be a student supervisor/clinical tutor.
* This is a part-time role at 31 hours per week (permanent).
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishops Stortford, and St Margarets Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishops Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise To Our Patients As Identified By Our 3 Values Which Will Contribute To Improving Our Patient Experiences
* Patient at heart: Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
* Everyday excellence: Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
* Creative collaboration: Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Part-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Optometrists
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