Orthoptist

Job summary

Highly Specialist Orthoptist

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking an experienced, highly motivated and proactive individual to work with the current team of 3 Orthoptists to work at Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospitals together with community clinics and the post holder will be expected to develop extended role in AMD clinics. The successful applicant will work as part of the team with a mixed workload including orthoptic/optometry clinics, joint consultant paediatric and adult motility clinics, stroke assessments for in-patients and out-patients, acute referrals from GPs, Neurology, Maxillo-facial, Paediatrics, Stroke Service, Endocrinology and A &E.

An Orthoptic/ optometry led fast track clinic receives school nurse, optician, child development centre and health visitor referrals. A comprehensive ophthalmology service is provided by 12 Ophthalmologists with general and speciality clinics including Paediatrics, Ocular-motility, Botulinum Toxin, AMD, Diabetic, Glaucoma, Medical Retinal, Oculoplastic and Corneal.

All staff participate in training ophthalmologists, optometrists, school nurses and medical students from Imperial University.

Willingness to work across sites is essential.

There is a planned move for the eye department to relocate to Mount Vernon Hospital in 2025.

Main duties of the job

Job summary

To provide highly specialist orthoptic services as an autonomous practitioner.

To assess, diagnose and manage children referred to Orthoptics, many with complex needs and challenging behaviour.

To assess, diagnose and manage adult patients referred to orthoptics -often as emergency appointments.

To provide and develop paediatric and adult orthoptic services within the Trust and the Community

To develop extended role in AMD clinics

To educate and train undergraduate orthoptic students, pre registration optometrists, junior doctors, school nurses and other health professionals.

To deputise for the Head Orthoptist in their absence

About us

This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a highly specialist Orthoptist. We are currently in the process of redeveloping the hospital to provide a new state-of-the-art hospital for the residents of Hillingdon, and beyond, which supports the very best in delivery of healthcare and will be fit for our future. 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.