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Job summary

Main area
Orthoptics
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8.45-4.45)
Job ref
214-SRG-7258950
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kings Mill Hospital
Town
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/08/2025 23:59

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Orthoptist

NHS AfC: Band 5

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Orthoptist to join our friendly and supportive team of 9 Orthoptists and 2 Optometrists at Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

We welcome applications from both newly qualified Orthoptists and those with some experience. Newly qualified professionals will be supported through a structured preceptorship programme, while mentoring will be available for those with early career experience to help you grow and thrive in your role.

This post is primarily based at King’s Mill Hospital, with the opportunity to work across our other sites at Ashfield Health Village and Newark Hospital, offering a varied and rewarding clinical experience.

What we offer:

  • A welcoming and collaborative team environment
  • Comprehensive preceptorship and mentoring support
  • Opportunities for continued professional development
  • A diverse caseload across multiple sites

If you’re passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and want to develop your career in a dynamic and supportive setting, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and become part of a team that’s making a difference.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to job description and person specification for the full list of role responsibilities. 

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. 

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. 

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. 

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to job description and person specification for the full list of role responsibilities. 

Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Orthoptics, Ophthalmology, Neurology
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of hospital computer systems

Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional

Essential criteria
  • The BMedSci orthoptic degree and/or Diploma of the British Orthoptic Society (DBO) or equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Annotated with exemptions

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Continuing Professional Development
  • Competency based assessments

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience working as an Orthoptist or experience of clinical placements for newly qualified orthoptists.

Contractual Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Provide orthoptic service at King’s Mill Hospital
Desirable criteria
  • Able to travel to cover clinics at Ashfield Health Village and Newark Hospital

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodCarer Friendly Employer 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare4NottsTime to changeFair Train Silver StandardStep into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Grzelak
Job title
Head of Orthoptics and Low Vision
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07768615247
Additional information

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