Highly Specialist Orthoptist – Lead in Education

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

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Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

• DBO, BSc (hons) Orthoptics, or BMed Sci Orthoptics
• To be registered with the Health Professions Council.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Information Technology skills (including use of excel for producing statistical analysis
• BIOS accredited post graduate training in VPD
• Membership of CLINICAL TUTORS CAG and demonstrate participation.

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• 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
• Experience of Clinical teaching. Clinical audit experience. Research experience

Desirable

• Evidence of active participation in departmental teaching programmes.

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Information Technology skills (including use of excel for producing statistical analysis
• Ability to deal with own highly complex workload and work unsupervised
• Ability to assess, diagnose and treat full range of Orthoptic cases
• Ability to manage and take responsibility for own workload and provide clinical supervision to junior members of staff
• Ability to conduct visual fields using Humphrey Field analyser. ? Extensive knowledge of conditions post stroke
• Excellent communication skills, to be able to communicate using a range of verbal and or non -verbal techniques e.g. Makaton sign language
• To be able to verbally communicate complex clinical information in an effective and efficient manner to other professional colleagues.
• Ability to write complex clinical reports

Desirable

• Knowledge of Careflow

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Desirable

• Normal visual acuity with both eyes open with glasses or contact lenses
• Good physical dexterity ? Good hand eye co-ordination
• Use of own car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995) to attend peripheral clinics.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL

AYLESBURY

HP218AL

Employer's website

https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)