Orthoptist Band 6 - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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3 weeks ago

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3 Band 6 Orthoptic job opportunities have arisen to join our team. Each post is for 37.5 hours a week.

You will be joining a dynamic clinical team of 4 Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologists, 2 clinical fellows, 2 trainee doctors, 3 optometrists, 14 orthoptists and 3 nurses who all work closely together to deliver care to our children and young people.

Our patient cohort encompasses large numbers of difficult conditions which are often seen in specialist clinics including retinoblastoma, paediatric cataract, uveitis, glaucoma, neuroophthalmology, cilliopathy and rare diabetes, retinal, craniofacial, contact lens, inherited metabolic diseases.

As a result we have embraced the extended role of the Orthoptist to include IOP pressure measurement, fundus and digital photography, contact lens insertion and removal management and orthoptic led medical clinics.

You will be expected to participate in general and orthoptic led specialist clinics, refraction and specialist pediatric contact lens clinics, and general and specialist ophthalmology clinics.

You will be given an opportunity to gain experience in a lead clinical role ensuring protocols are evidenced based, reviewed regularly and kept up to date with current literature.

Furthermore you will be involved in the departments training of pre-registration optometrists, medical students and other health professionals. CPD is actively promoted within the department and time is provided for administrative duties.


Please refer to job description and person specification:

To provide autonomous orthoptic management of all types of ocular motility defects in complex patients including direct implementation of treatment over a range of conditions in many patient types.


To use specialist skills to diagnose and treat a large variety of conditions as necessary using clinical reasoning and evidence based practice.

To act as lead in specified clinical areas

To provide teaching of Optometry and/ or Orthoptic undergraduate students and other health care professionals.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK.

Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.

Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work.

Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.


Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.


Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

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