Advanced orthoptist

Job summary

Main duties of the job

You will undertake orthoptic assessment and management of children and adults in standalone Orthoptic clinics and joint clinics with optometrists and ophthalmologists. Clinics will be hospital and community based. The Orthoptic Department is committed to high quality care for our patients. We encourage detailed orthoptic investigations and you will be expected to be aware of evidence for your clinical decisions. You should have significant post qualification orthoptic experience to support this. Ideally you will have worked in tertiary referral adult strabismus clinics and paediatric ophthalmology clinics.

Ideally you will be able to undertake Octopus Goldmann Visual Fields and be confident on accuracy to enable you to comment on small relevant changes for our brain tumour colleagues in Endocrinology and Neuro.

You will provide leadership support and advice to Band 6 / Band 5 orthoptists and participate in their development.

You should be forward thinking and self motivated to identify and support opportunities for development of the orthoptic service for patients and the team.

You will be a self directed learner with a drive to provide audit and other projects with a willingness to submit/present at National and International conferences.

Job responsibilities

We are a team of 16 orthoptists and 3 paediatric ophthalmologists / strabismologists with support for from consultant oculo-plastics, retinal and corneal for paediatric patients. A number of optometrists provide paediatric refraction, contact lens and low vision clinics plus complex adult refraction for motility patients.

We have some very experienced staff who will support your development.

Our Eye Clinic is spread across a number of hospitals with 30 consultants covering all sub-specialities. We also work with a number of other Specialties across our Hospitals. Excellent communication skills are required to convey relevant and important clinical details clearly and concisely to non ophthalmic consultant colleagues.

At Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust we have defined a culture based on values and behaviours known as the Leeds Way - Patient Centred, Fair, Collaborative, Accountable and Empowered. We will expect you to uphold these

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