Specialist Optometrist
The closing date is 16 September 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and enthusiastic Optometrist to join our expanding Optometry department at Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust.
This successful post holder will be required to carry out core optometry roles, including adult refraction, paediatric refraction and contact lens practice. Extended roles in AMD, Glaucoma and post-operative care are available to explore and training will be provided should the candidate be interested and have no prior experience.
The successful candidate will be required to work closely with the Ophthalmology and Orthoptic teams to deliver and develop a high quality and diverse optometric services to our patients.
Both full time and part time candidates will be considered.
If you have any questions or wish to arrange an informal visit, please contact Mr Huzaifah Khonat, Principal Optometrist or Victoria Devlin, Head Orthoptist
An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.
Main duties of the job
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing Optometric services including specialist techniques to children and adults within St Helens Hospital, Community Outreach Clinics and Special Schools.
- To assess, diagnose and manage patients in both the community and hospital-based Ophthalmology Service, under the guidance of the relevant Consultant lead.
- To initiate follow up care by the relevant team where appropriate and onward referral where required.
- To assist the department in providing timely, effective, safe and appropriate care to its patients.
- To contribute to the development of Optometrist delivered secondary care services within St Helens Ophthalmology Service.
- To take part in audit, review and teaching.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Details
Date posted
02 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share
Reference number
409-7208134
Job locations
St Helens Hospital
Marshall Cross Road
St Helens
WA9 3DA
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
St Helens Hospital
Marshall Cross Road
St Helens
WA9 3DA
Employer's website
https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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