Optometrist Specialist | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 October 2025 |
| Location: | Canterbury, CT1 3NG |
| Company: | East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7279836/344-9836SAC |
Summary
Are you passionate about patient care? Do you want to expand your clinical knowledge and experience? Do you want to work with a fantastic multi-disciplinary team? We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and compassionate individual to work in an extended clinical role in our Optometric Services Team within Ophthalmology in East Kent.
The post will involve triage and managing patients in the urgent eye service, paediatric refractions, specialist contact lens fitting, virtual glaucoma review and much more. Our clinics generally run Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm.
The specific extended roles we are currently recruiting are:
Acute eye referral triage/advice and assessment of patients as part of the Urgent Eye Service team at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford (training will be provided for this role)
Paediatric cycloplegic refraction and fundus examination at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford and Royal Victoria Hospital in Folkestone with autonomous clinical management plan.
Possible training in the glaucoma service including face to face independent optometrist clinics and virtual review.
Optometric examination of patients enrolled with clinical trials at EKHUFT
Assist in the training of Ophthalmic Technicians and other staff as necessary
Assist in the collection of data for Clinical Audit, when requested
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
This advert closes on Friday 10 Oct 2025