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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake a range of optometry services at Hinchingbrooke Hospital.  These include but are not limited to supporting the intravitreal service with the medical retina team, conducting pre and post operative cataract assessments and aiding with Glaucoma management clinics.  It is anticipated that some of these responsibilities could be carried out remotely to allow for working from home.

The job will require the ability to carry out clinical examination and understand clinical signs, as well as interpretation of OCT scans and other ophthalmic measurements to arrive at appropriate management decisions, and where suitable assessing a refraction to achieve best corrected visual acuity.

To take responsibility for clinical decision-making with support from consultants and
to provide specialised diagnosis, management, care, and education of patients.

To provide clinical opinion (or obtain clinical opinion from ophthalmologists) to optometric and non-optometric colleagues on the management of cases within the ophthalmology department.
To support the optometry service with the triaging of emergency and routine referrals.

To offer support to nursing staff and healthcare assistants in the ophthalmology department, actively contributing to their training, education, and continuing feedback.

To work to protocols set for each role. May be required to comment on / implement policies or propose policy changes to own areas of work.
To ensure contemporaneous records are kept for all patients seen in clinic and letters of communication are sent to other healthcare professionals where appropriate.

To be able to use appropriate IT, including Open Eyes or equivalent electronic patient records for benchmarking, audit and clinical uses.

Responsibility, in conjunction with ophthalmology colleagues, for the systematic and critical analysis of the quality of work carried by optometrists in the shared care services, including initiation and participation in clinical audit.

To personally participate in continuing professional education and development (as required by the General Optical Council).

To contribute to the delivery of optometric teaching and supervision to other ophthalmic professionals.

To support and contribute to clinical research or assessment programs if required.

To present audit/research findings at relevant scientific meetings if required.

Contribute to publishing research/audit findings in peer-reviewed journals if required

To comply with the roles and responsibilities as defined in the Trust’s Health & Safety.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for more information regarding the role.