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We are seeking an experienced Band 7 Specialist Orthoptist to join our Community Paediatric Eye Service in the London Borough of Barnet. This part-time role (0.2 WTE) is ideal for an Orthoptist with paediatric experience who is passionate about delivering high-quality, child-centred care within a multidisciplinary team.
You will manage a varied paediatric caseload, carrying out comprehensive assessments and developing treatment plans for children with a range of ophthalmic conditions. Excellent communication skills are essential, as you will provide complex information to families, colleagues, and partner services.
Working alongside a supportive team of Orthoptists and Optometrists, you will contribute to service development, supervise Orthoptic students and junior staff, and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams across Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH). Strong organisational skills, a positive approach to innovation, and the ability to build effective working relationships are essential.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership skills, contribute to service improvement, and make a meaningful difference to the visual health and wellbeing of children and their families. If you are committed to delivering outstanding paediatric eye care, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- The Post holder will run the Orthoptic services as an autonomous practitioner both preventative and curative as directed by the standards of the British and Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS)
- To use advanced clinical expertise, reasoning and experience to assess, diagnose and manage patients referred to the Orthoptic service as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- To provide education and competencies support for the qualified Orthoptic team.
- The post holder will work as an active member of a multi-disciplinary team and will undertake clinical supervision, clinical audit and to take responsibility for own continuing professional development.
- The post holder will be responsible for line-managing all staff involved with Paediatric eye service in the absence of the clinical service manager in addition co-ordinating vision strategy programmes in Barnet.
- Support the team with operational management
- To actively teach and educate other healthcare professionals including undergraduate orthoptic students, pre-registration Optometrists, Health Visitors, School Nurses, General Practitioners (GP), junior doctors and medical students
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be required to work autonomously and to make clinical decisions using his/her own judgement and initiative. To independently undertake the assessment and planning of treatment in respect of children with ocular motility and related disorders in conjunction with the Optometrist and other primary health professionals.
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Must be able to identify their limitations in theoretical and practical skills and thus when to seek the advice of a senior colleague
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience in specialist paediatric Orthoptics to provide an expert opinion in assessing, diagnosing and managing highly complex paediatric Orthoptic patients
- To have experience in a leadership role – lead clinician for a service area
- Post-registration experience including experience in specialist services, paeds, neuro, community, glaucoma & visual fields
- Experience of working as part of a team, uni-professional and multiprofessional
- Experience in delivering training and support to junior staff, support staff and students
- Experience of supervising staff and / or students
- Knowledge of current vision screening policies
- Leading and developing teams
- Quality assurance
- Policy implementation
- Service development
- Risk management
Desirable
- Experience in research and clinical audits
- Experience managing budgets
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced skills in assessment and treatment of children with complex eye conditions
- Ability to demonstrate empathy and professionalism throughout patient consultations and achieve sound clinical AF, C, IV 14 outcome, even when receiving/delivering complex or distressing information
- Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate advanced clinical skills
- Skills in supervision and appraisal of staff
- Presentation skills appropriate for teaching Computer literacy
- Acute levels of hand eye co-ordination.
- To demonstrate active participation in undergraduate and post graduate education of Orthoptists, Optometrists, Nursing and Medical staff.
- Ability to keep accurate patient notes
- Developed knowledge of current best practice in Orthoptics in the relevant setting
- Understanding legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics
- Audit and research experience & knowledge
- Demonstrates understanding of clinical governance
- Knowledge of MS Office (including Word, Excel and Outlook)
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Bachelor of Science in Orthoptics BSc (Orth) or Bmed Sci (Orthoptics) and or Diploma of the British Orthoptic Council
- To be registered with the Health Professions Council
- Member of the British & Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS)
- NHS management qualification or appropriate experiential learning to enable the post holder to deputise for the Lead Orthoptist during annual leave and other short periods of absence
Desirable
- Teaching and Assessing certificate
- Post graduate British and Irish Orthoptic Society Clinical Educators Course or British Orthoptic Society Clinical Demonstrators Course
- Member of a relevant specific interest group
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This advert is for Specialist Orthoptist with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Orthoptist role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 06 Aug 2026.
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