Orthoptist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 31 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 August 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7258950/214-SRG-7258950 |
Summary
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.
Please refer to job description and person specification for the full list of role responsibilities.
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 9thApril, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Please refer to job description and person specification for the full list of role responsibilities.
This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Aug 2025
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