Specialist Optometrist

Job overview

It is an exciting time to join our team as a specialist optometrist at Salisbury District Hospital Eye clinic.  We pride ourselves in being a small, friendly department, with real drive to improve both patient care and the working environment for our staff.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Optometrist complementing and supporting our clinical teams to provide innovative, optometric care.

Our diagnostic hub in Salisbury city centre has been developed and established over the last two years which has allowed us to develop virtual pathways for patients with AMD,  Glaucoma and more recently Keratoconus.

Our Ophthalmology Department currently sees nearly 32,000 new patients per year and is active in shaping the strategy across the BSW (Bath, Swindon, Wiltshire) Eyecare Network and the BSW Hospitals Group.

We are pleased to be able to expand our optometry team with this new post which will complement the work being undertaken in our clinical diagnostic hub in the centre of Salisbury.  We are keen to develop Optometry led pathways to support medical colleagues to manage the ever-growing demand for secondary care Ophthalmology.

Main duties of the job

As part of the optometry team at SFT, you will form an integral part of a developing service providing optometric and expanded scope services. These will include but are not limited to adult and paediatric refraction, contact lens fitting, low vision services, medical retina services including intraocular injections, glaucoma services including running and reviewing glaucoma monitoring clinics, cataract services including pre and post operative care, acute referral clinics, performing clinical audits, contributing to educational advancement and research projects within the department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.