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Job summary

Main area
Optical Services
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref
259-7447580WXH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whipps Cross University Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£53,751 - £60,651 pro rata per annum inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Senior Optometrist

Band 7

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

An exciting vacancy has become available which involves working within extended roles including the medical retina, injection and post-operative cataract clinics across Whipps Cross and Newham sites with potential core optometry sessions. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Optometrist to join our teams.


The post-holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary Optometry and Ophthalmology teams that provide comprehensive and quality ophthalmology services for the Trust.  

Main duties of the job

    To participate in core optometry clinics including specialist contact lenses and paediatrics

    To participate in the delivery of the ophthalmology service in the areas of Medical Retina and injection services

    To participate in the eye emergency services

    To participate in glaucoma clinics

    To participate in cataract and post op cataract clinics as well as virtual clinics

    To participate in the delivery of highly specialist ophthalmic services and extended roles that meet the changing needs of the department

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Community eye service experience
  • Sound clinical experience and judgment underpinned by specialist theoretical knowledge base
  • Knowledge/understanding of the optometry profession
Desirable criteria
  • Hospital ophthalmology clinical attachment or experience elsewhere
  • Teaching experience
  • Audit experience
  • Research experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to offer super-user status on at least one aspect of specialist optometric instrumentation and/or to undertake extended clinical role
  • Ability to demonstrate empathy and professionalism throughout patient consultations and achieve sound clinical outcome, even when receiving/delivering complex or distressing information
  • Ability to analyse and prioritise complex medical information to help devise appropriate specialize care plans
  • Knowledge of MS Office (including Word, Excel and Outlook)
  • Ability to pass on knowledge and deliver training
  • Flexible and reliable approach to working patterns
  • Able to carry out moderate to intense effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities with frequent interruptions
  • Commitment to non-discriminatory practice
  • Professional approach in difficult or emotional situations

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Developed knowledge of current best practice in Optometry in the relevant setting
  • Understanding legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics
  • Keen to invest in continued professional development
  • Audit and research experience & knowledge
  • Demonstrates understanding of clinical governance
  • Knowledge of electronic patient records e.g. Medisight Ophthalmology

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registration with the General Optical Council (GOC)
Desirable criteria
  • Further postgraduate Optometric qualification relating to highly specialist aspects of clinical and technical expertise (taught course
  • MOptom (master of Optometry) specialist optometry degree, achieving all General Optical Council competencies

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Laura Grant
Job title
Head Orthoptist, WX & NUH sites
Email address
[email protected]
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