# Senior Orthoptist (XR06) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-orthoptist-xr06/3f3464de-97b5-4600-a0af-79182eb4ab90 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-orthoptist-xr06/3f3464de-97b5-4600-a0af-79182eb4ab90.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Orthoptist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-14T09:15:36.074Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9298-26-0786 - **Application URL:** https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/JobDetail?jobid=1864&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has an opportunity for a permanent full-time experienced orthoptist at Band 6. You will be responsible for a specialist orthoptic workload centred around our paediatric and adult Ophthalmology clinics. This post is open to orthoptists with post graduate clinical experience only. Your job plan will include early evening clinics and one Saturday a month You will undertake comprehensive orthoptic assessment of children and adults with a wide range of abilities / disorders e.g. infantile cataract, nystagmus, learning disabilities, autism and stroke in standalone Orthoptic clinics and in joint clinics with optometrists and ophthalmologists. You will provide clinical teaching for undergraduate orthoptic placements, trainee ophthalmologists, pre reg optometrists and student nurses. You will be prepared to learn and undertake perimetry including Octopus Goldmann Visual Fields. ### Main duties of the job You will provide routine and specialist orthoptic and visual field services as an autonomous practitioner within the hospital department and any other sites served by the department. This encompasses investigation and management including direct implementation of treatment over a range of conditions in many patient types/ages. You will assist with clinical teaching and supervision of orthoptic undergraduate students. You will assist with clinical teaching of other multidisciplinary profession staff. Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy. ### About us The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do. ### Details - Date posted: 14 August 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 001862 - Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities For questions about this job, contact: Name Janice Hoole Position Head of Orthoptics Email janice.hoole@nhs.net Phone number Shortlisting Date: 01/09/26 Interview Date: 28/09/26 Job Summary Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has an opportunity for a permanent full-time experienced orthoptist at Band 6. You will be responsible for a specialist orthoptic workload centred around our paediatric and adult Ophthalmology clinics. This post is open to orthoptists with post graduate clinical experience only. Your job plan will include early evening clinics and one Saturday a month You will undertake comprehensive orthoptic assessment of children and adults with a wide range of abilities / disorders e.g. infantile cataract, nystagmus, learning disabilities, autism and stroke in standalone Orthoptic clinics and in joint clinics with optometrists and ophthalmologists. You will provide clinical teaching for undergraduate orthoptic placements, trainee ophthalmologists, pre reg optometrists and student nurses. You will be prepared to learn and undertake perimetry including Octopus Goldmann Visual Fields. Why you should join our Team We are a team of 16 orthoptists who work closely with paediatric ophthalmologists/strabismologists and optometrists. We have some very experienced staff to support you. We will provide support, mentoring and training, including case and journal discussions. There will opportunities to undertake audit and other projects. The department is accredited for orthoptic pre registration placements. What you will bring to the role You will provide routine and specialist orthoptic and visual field services as an autonomous practitioner within the hospital department and any other sites served by the department. This encompasses investigation and management including direct implementation of treatment over a range of conditions in many patient types/ages. You will assist with clinical teaching and supervision of orthoptic undergraduate students. You will assist with clinical teaching of other multidisciplinary profession staff. Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy. About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Our Trust values The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients. We are…. Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind Our Trust priorities Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time Our priorities: People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications. ## Person Specification ### Practical Skills **Essential** - Observation skills and manual dexterity to perform the role of an orthoptist - Key board skills - Basic IT skills e.g. word processing, electronic data searches ### Behaviours/Skills **Essential** - Recognises own limitations and refers to superiors - Team worker - Effective communication and interpersonal skills to provide and receive complex sensitive information - Reflective practitioner ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Able to fulfil occupational health requirements for the post **Desirable** - Member of the British and Irish Orthoptic Society ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Degree or diploma in Orthoptics leading to HCPC registration - HCPC registration **Desirable** - BIOS Clinical Tutors Course - Clinical teaching course ### Special Knowledge including experience **Essential** - Sufficient post qualification practice to undertake the job description - Ability to undertake complex detailed motility assessment - Ability to manage routine motility problems - Humphery perimetry / Goldmann perimetry. - Orthoptic screening and Community clinic management. - Understanding of evidence based orthoptic management - Recognises significance of non ocular motility cues in patients - Understanding of clinical governance - Audit practice - Evidence of continuous professional / clinical development **Desirable** - Ability to manage complex motility problems - Experience of clinical education for undergraduate orthoptic students and other professionals - Clinical supervision - Octupus Goldmann perimetry - Techniques for assessment of visual impaired children. ## Documents - [Job description and person specification (DOCX, KB)](https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=3132&JobId=1864) ## 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.