Optometrist Optometrist - Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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Description
You will join a multidisciplinary team to provide high quality ophthalmic care for the patients of Suffolk and surrounding areas.
As an advanced clinical optometrist you will have significant previous experience delivering sub speciality ophthalmology care and will be an independent prescriber on the General Optical Council Speciality register.
You will be delivering independent Ophthalmology and Optometry clinics as well as supporting training and education within the department and the wider optometry community.
For candidates with less experience and post graduate qualifications, we would welcome an application to join the team in a developmental position, starting at either Band 6 or 7 depending on previous qualifications and experience.
To act as an autonomous advanced clinical practitioner providing high quality, individualised clinical management forpatients using advanced clinical assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills to determine and initiate changes to treatment as necessary.
Working as an autonomous registered practitioner with significant experience in an ophthalmology extended role providing high quality, individualised clinical management for patients using advanced clinical assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills to determine and initiate changes to treatment as necessary.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex.
Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.
This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
Post Qualification expereince in primary or secondary care
Previous Hospital Optometry experience
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Ipswich Hospital