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Highly Specialist Orthoptist - Lead in Neuro OphthalmologyBuckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust • Aylesbury, England
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Highly Specialist Orthoptist - Lead in Neuro Ophthalmology

Highly Specialist Orthoptist - Lead in Neuro Ophthalmology

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust • Aylesbury, England
5 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Highly Specialist Orthoptist - Lead in Neuro Ophthalmology Well experienced Orthoptist with keen interest and experience in Neuro Ophthalmology. Leading and Developing the service across Buckinghamshire. Main duties of the job Provide an advanced specialist role in neuro-ophthalmology and adult strabismus, delivering highly specialised autonomous clinical assessment and care. Lead within the orthoptic service, contributing to policy development and service improvement. Work effectively within the multidisciplinary team, offering teaching, supervision, and support to students and other professionals. Deliver high-quality orthoptic services using advanced clinical expertise and strong communication skills. Job responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number. Benefits * As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. * We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. * We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce. Person Specification Education, qualifications & training * DBO, BSc (hons) Orthoptics, or BMed Sci Orthoptics * To be registered with the Health Professions Council. * Evidence of continued professional development. * Information technology skills (including use of excel for producing statistical analysis). * Membership of Neuro Ophthalmology BIOS CAG and demonstrate participation. * Knowledge of Careflow. Experience * Undergraduate orthoptic clinical experience and excellent years of post graduation experience in all aspects of clinical orthoptics involving paediatrics, neurology, stroke patients and community as well as specialist services. * Experience of clinical teaching. * Research experience. * Assessment, treatment and diagnosis of patients with IIH. * Negotiating and persuasive skills required for BIOS Representative. * Ability to deal with own highly complex workload and work unsupervised. * Evidence of active participation in departmental teaching programmes. Skills, abilities & knowledge * Ability to assess, diagnose and treat full range of orthoptic cases. * Ability to manage and take responsibility for own workload and provide clinical supervision to junior members of staff. * Ability to conduct visual fields using Humphrey Field analyser. * Extensive knowledge of conditions post stroke. * To demonstrate an interest in ophthalmology. * Excellent communication skills, to be able to communicate using a range of verbal and or non‑verbal techniques e.g. Makaton sign language. * To be able to verbally communicate complex clinical information in an effective and efficient manner to other professional colleagues. * Ability to write complex clinical reports. Special circumstances * Normal visual acuity with both eyes open with glasses or contact lenses. * Use of own car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995) to attend peripheral clinics. * Good physical dexterity. Good hand eye coordination. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. £49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata #J-18808-Ljbffr
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