Optometrist (Specialist)
| Posting date: | 23 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 January 2026 |
| Location: | 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9317-25-1605 |
Summary
Band 7 (£47,810-£54,710) To deliver a quality of service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of Specialist Optometrist practice. To take a lead role in extending Optometrists involvement in highlyspecialised clinics, for example: Highly specialised medically necessary contact lenses. Low vision assessment. To work as an independent practitioner and to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing an extensive range of advanced Optometric services to the highest standards of quality and care. To ensure that the patient is the central focus. Working as a Specialist Optometrist, provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need. Manage own caseload to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined parameters and training. Provide immediate care management of patients including communication of plan to patients and significant others. Review and refer to appropriate person, e.g. Consultant Ophthalmologist. Liaise with Eye Clinic Liaison Officer for patients with untreatable sight loss. Provide specialist education and training at post-graduate level to qualified and pre-registration Optometrists and multiple disciplines in Ophthalmology. To undertake administrative responsibilities as determined by the Head or Deputy Head of Optometry. Band 6 (£38,682-£46,580) To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing an extensive range of advanced Optometric services for patient care to the highest standards of quality and care and meeting the changing needs of the department To undertake administrative responsibilities as determined by the Head or Deputy Head of Optometry. To demonstrate Optometry techniques at post-graduate level for multiple disciplines within Ophthalmology