# Specialist Orthoptist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-orthoptist/0d63c1f2-1318-4ece-aa41-b07d642f6283 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-orthoptist/0d63c1f2-1318-4ece-aa41-b07d642f6283.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northern General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Orthoptist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa/pro rata for part time staff - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, 26.25 hours per week (3.5 days per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-04T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-21T00:03:16.058Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Orthoptist/Orthoptist-v8255896 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8255896?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Orthoptist to join our department on a temporary contract of 1 days per week, to cover a secondment. The post holder will provide highly specialised Orthoptic service(s) to patients of all ages from a range of specialities suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders including tertiary referrals from Ophthalmology, Neurology, Maxillofacial Unit, Endocrinology, Oncology, Stroke Unit and Emergency Eye Centre. Will participate in the provision of Goldmann and Octopus visual field assessment, also assess patients referred to the Low Vision Service and Orthoptic TBI service. You will undertake clinical teaching and assessment of undergraduate orthoptic students. ### Main duties of the job To be legally and professionally responsible and accountable for the orthoptic investigation, diagnosis and management of new and follow-up patients referred to the Orthoptic Department from various departments including ophthalmology, paediatrics, the Emergency Eye Centre (EEC), accident and emergency, maxillo-facial, and neurology. This patient group comprises all cases of ocular motility defects and amblyopia (reduced vision with no pathological cause), anomalies of binocular single vision (ability to use the eyes together), complex congenital and acquired cases including neurological abnormalities, genetic disorders and associated ocular abnormalities. To be responsible for the evaluation of visual acuity and visual behaviour in referrals from the specialist services, including non-seeing babies, infants with strabismus (squint) and amblyopia, congenital or developmental abnormalities, adult illiterates, and children and adults with significant learning difficulties. To formulate and implement individualised management and treatment plans using advanced clinical reasoning and a wide range of treatment skills, communicating these effectively with patients (adults and children), parents, and carers and to gain informed consent to those treatment plans. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Orthoptics BMedSci OR BSc (Hons) Orthoptics OR Orthoptics BSc (Hons) OR Diploma from British Orthoptic Council (DBO) - To be registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) **Desirable** - Medical exemptions for Orthoptists - Member of the British & Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS) ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate complex, sensitive and potentially conflicting information to patients and other stakeholders in an appropriate manner independent of their level of understanding - Leadership, organisational and negotiating skills - Ability to use initiative and quickly interpret complex and potentially conflicting clinical information - Capable of performing sustained high intensity work in a pressurised clinical environment - Skills of persuasion - Possesses precise, fine-motor physical examination skills - Works well autonomously - Self-motivated - Enthusiastic - Excellent time management - Conscientious ### Communication Skills **Essential** - Good verbal and written communication skills with adults, carers, parents and children, students and all staff disciplines. - Evidence of working successfully as part of a multidisciplinary team and independently. - Ability to produce written reports. - To be approachable and maintain an excellent rapport with colleagues ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - To have sufficient relevant experience in all aspects of clinical Orthoptics, especially in strabismus and complex ocular motility clinics, with evidence of continuing professional development maintained in a portfolio - Experience of clinical teaching of Orthoptics. - Evidence of on-going commitment to continuing professional development following BIOS/HCPC guidelines. - Visual field examination and interpretation - IT skills **Desirable** - Skilled in use of slit lamp, optic disc imaging and interpretation of visual fields results, or other ophthalmic investigated usually carried out by specialist medical staff - Experience of research and development activities - Experience undertaking and presenting audit ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420) - [job description (pdf, 480.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10568986) - [person specification (pdf, 80.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10568987) - [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162) - [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165) - [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 212.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211) - [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894) - [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161) ## 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.