Experienced Orthoptist/Orthoptist
| Posting date: | 30 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28,407.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £28407.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 May 2024 |
| Location: | 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9317-24-0890 |
Summary
This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a large tertiary referral centre and applications are also welcomed from newly and recently qualified Orthoptists. Consideration will be given to applicants who do not meet the criteria for Band 6 who meet the criteria for appointment at Band 5. Appointment in these circumstances will be subject to satisfactory completion of a specified period of supervision and training before moving to Band 6. If appointed at Band 5, to attain Band 6 you will be required to have significant post-graduate experience and achieve a portfolio of evidence demonstrating specialist skills and experience necessary for clinical assessment within orthoptic subspecialties (e.g. neuro-ophthalmology, thyroid, neonatal, genetics). Failure to attain the significant post-graduate experience and portfolio of evidence within 18 months of date of appointment may result in a review of your employment. A Degree or Diploma in Orthoptics and State Registration with the HCPC is essential. A car driver/owner is desirable. Band 6 As an autonomous practitioner to accept, assess and diagnose adult and paediatric cases and make appropriate referrals To be responsible for the routine organisation of orthoptic services within outreach clinics and orthoptic screening Creating and delivering specialised individual treatment programmes as agreed with the client To teach orthoptics to orthoptic undergraduates and other health professionals and junior medical staff Band 5 To assess and diagnose adult and paediatric cases registered with the ophthalmologist Creating and delivering specialised individual treatment programmes as agreed with the client To demonstrate orthoptics to orthoptic undergraduates and other health professionals and junior medical staff As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay. You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.