The department values professional development, offering training and support for optometrists without previous hospital experience. As skills and confidence grow, the optometrist's responsibilities will expand, possibly leading to a more advanced clinical role and participation in extended service clinics. The team emphasises a supportive environment and is committed to expanding their services, encouraging applicants to apply early due to the potential for high demand.
Working Part Time : 22.5 hours per week
Permanent Contract, but very willing to accept applications for full time, part-time, flexible work hours, all work modalities will be considered.
Will commence the post as a Band 6 but with progression to a Band 7 after full training.
An exciting opportunity for any newly qualified Optometrist; any Optometrist working in community who wants something new, or any Optometrist with an interest in Hospital Optometry.
You will work closely with the Head Optometrist, Doctors and Consultants, Orthoptists and other members of staff to assist in the care of our patients.
Who Our Opportunity is for:
- A Optometrist to work in the Optometry Department at The Countess of Chester Hospital.
- Optometrists without previous hospital experience will be considered and will be provided with training and support to enable them to fulfill the requirements of the job description
What this Opportunity means:
- We are a small, friendly and supportive team, working closely with the Ophthalmologists and Orthoptic Department
- We support staff in expanding their knowledge and skills
- The successful applicant will have the opportunity to develop a career within Hospital Optometry
Your main responsibilities will be helping the clinic by performing diagnostic refractions on patients of all ages with a myriad of eye conditions; cycloplegic and subjective refractions on the young children, low vision assessments for patients who are struggling with poor vision and performing (often complex) contact lens fits and aftercares.This opportunity will have you working as mentioned but as your skills and confidence in Hospital Optometry develop your role will change to include becoming optometric lead for a service in extended role clinics, and we will support you with higher education courses support and working closely with the consultants in your chosen field of interest.
We are a small team of Optometrists who would like to be able to expand and grow the department and look forward to hearing back from you
About us
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
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