Band 5 or 6 Orthoptist - Camberley, United Kingdom - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Camberley, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Orthoptist to join our team as a Band 5 or 6 Orthoptist depending on experience, this is a newly created post as the department continues to expand and offer new and exciting opportunities.

Applications are welcomed from Orthoptists wishing to join the Trust at newly qualified or 1- 2 year post registration level.

This is a preceptorship role, to begin with, as a Newly qualified Orthoptist you will spend time gaining experience in managing Paediatric and Adult Orthoptic case loads.

As well as assisting our Glaucoma and Macular teams with Humphrey Visual Fields and OCT.

Our Specialist and Highly Specialist Orthoptists carry out a wide range of extended roles including Glaucoma, IVT, Stroke, Paediatric Refraction, Low Vision Aids, ROP screening and Special School Orthoptic clinics.

We were very closely with other members of the Eye Treatment Centre Team including the doctors, Ophthalmic Nurses and Care Assistants as well as the those from other specialities such as Neurology, Endocrinology and Elderly Care.

Depending on your interest and service need there will be opportunities to develop into some of these extended roles.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot, and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of this role.