Resident Optometrist
| Posting date: | 03 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £42,471.00 to £50,364.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £42471.00 - £50364.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, EC1V 2PD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9273-24-0192 |
Summary
To provide a wide range of optometric services at City Rd and Moorfields satellites. To work under the clinical supervision of a senior optometrist or ophthalmologist as appropriate; following Optometry Department and Clinical Service Protocols. Clinical work can include: Refraction, including adult and paediatric; diagnostic and post-operative cases Specialist Contact Lens Clinics (including Scleral & Cosmetic) Low Vision Clinics, adult and paediatric. Working in an 'extended role' capacity in a variety of ophthalmology clinics which can include Medical Retina, Glaucoma or Cataract clinics. Working in extended role without direct medical supervision in clinic, e.g. paediatric CVC [Subject to completion of appropriate training and assessments]. Refracting patients to specific protocols as part of studies. Anterior segment imaging Spectacle dispensing Routine eye examinations for Moorfields staff DSE assessments To undertake specialist clinical activity; this activity requires regular use of a range of advanced clinical techniques requiring dexterity and concentration. These clinics involve responsibility for clinical decision-making with support from consultants and the provision of specialised diagnosis, management, care and education of patients. To provide a clinical opinion or obtain a clinical opinion from consultant colleagues to optometric and non-optometric colleagues on the management of patients.