# Ophthalmology Failsafe Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ophthalmology-failsafe-officer/ccc2e9e5-a147-45c2-834f-7f29715651be - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ophthalmology-failsafe-officer/ccc2e9e5-a147-45c2-834f-7f29715651be.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** Hull - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday between 8am - 5pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-31T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-16T10:52:02.787Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Yorkshire/Hull/Hull_University_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Ophthalmology/Ophthalmology-v8146714 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8146714?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hull.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 1 Full time (37.5 hours per week) posts to work within the Ophthalmology Department at Hull Royal Infirmary. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible and motivated person to join the Ophthalmology Department as a Failsafe Officer. The successful applicant will be instrumental in maintaining failsafe procedures and will have responsibility for process monitoring, and data validation. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will also assist in improving the quality and system for the collection of data used within the department to indicate performance against local commissioning targets and KPI’s.  To participate in information retrieval to support research and the audit programmes. The Failsafe officer will be responsible for reporting functions for patients within the Ophthalmology Service for patients that are referred to the service or patients who are retained for treatment / monitoring. In addition, the Failsafe Officer has a responsibility for monitoring treatment timelines for intravitreal injection patients and patients on the Outpatient Waiting List whose timelines differ from the 18 week RTT pathway, plus other failsafe reports. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please note that, in line with UKVI regulations, this vacancy does not meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route. As a result, we are unable to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position. We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK. We reserve the right to close the  advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged. For further details with regards to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of managing high volumes of work and delivering tight deadlines - Significant experience in the use of data management and administration systems - Good keyboard skills with experience of using databases and MS office and excel **Desirable** - Experience using Lorenzo and Medisoft/Medisight electronic patient record system - Good working knowledge of Ophthalmology operational processes - Understanding of failsafe officer role ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to diploma level or NVQ Level 4 or equivalent or relevant experience and significant NHS experience ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service - Evidence of continued professional development ### Skills, Knowledge and Ability **Essential** - Ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines without supervision and on own initiative - Ability to analyse data and generate reports (e.g. use of excel spreadsheets) - An ability to ensure accuracy and maintain patient records **Desirable** - Knowledge of RTT targets ## Documents - [ophthalmology failsafe officer (pdf, 440.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10445968) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.