Job summary
- Main area
- Optometry
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: 0.2 WTE
- Hours
- Part time - 7.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-NORTH-7288367
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Vale Drive Eye Clinic
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Optometrist
Band 7
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 14 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, Kingston - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.
Job overview
We have a part time 0.2 WTE Band 7 post for Optometrist with previous clinical experience
We are looking for somebody with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a positive and innovative approach to service development and a commitment to working within a multi-disciplinary team
Band 7 Optometrist post provides an exciting opportunity to work in CLCH community Paediatric Eye Service in the Borough of Barnet.
The post holder will be a member of the dynamic multi-disciplinary Orthoptic/Optometrist team, working with a mixed caseload of patients
Applicants should have 2 years’ experience
You will be responsible for the assessment and management of children
You will be required to communicate complex needs and provide training to junior staff.
You should have good organisational skills, a commitment to multi-disciplinary working and an understanding of working alongside services
If you feel that you have the desire and ability to deliver an efficient and effective service then please apply.
Main duties of the job
- To work closely with other Orthoptists and Health Care Professionals in order to deliver a comprehensive range of core optometric services and a range of extended role services (dependent upon experience) to the highest standards of quality and care
- To work as an autonomous practitioner in providing optometric assessment, diagnosis and management of patients of all ages, ranging from babies to the elderly and those who have varying communication skills.
- To participate in the delivery of certain more complex specialist optometric services that meets the changing needs of the Directorate and other outside agencies.
- To undertake administrative duties as required by the role undertaken.
- To participate in clinical audit and research
- To provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate levels for various disciplines within ophthalmology (ophthalmologists, medical students, ophthalmic nurses, Orthoptists and other health professionals).
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) Optometry (or equivalent).
- Registration with General Optical Council
- Further/ higher professional qualifications or an interest in gaining further/ higher professional qualifications.
- Evidence of on-going continuing education and training as required by the General Optical Council
- Minimum of 1-2 years post registration experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of post registration experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Previous hospital optometry experience, beneficial not essential. Accurate paediatric refractions (cyclopentolate and non- cyclopentolate) with an understanding of appropriate prescribing
- Good understanding of professional issues and NHS policy initiatives e.g. voucher regulations.
- A portfolio of career long learning, experience and education.
- Presentations to colleagues/ peers
- Primary research skills.
- Teaching to fellow health professionals
Desirable criteria
- Interest in clinical research and audit
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- High level of literacy
- Teaching/Supervisory skills
- Ability to demonstrate professional knowledge and skills (able to access, appraise and apply evidence in practice.
- Multidisciplinary teamwork in a multicultural framework
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Janine Gray
- Job title
- Deputy Head Orthoptist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 447 3524
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