Optometrist Specialist

3 weeks ago

Colchester Essex, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

ESNEFT are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Optometrists to join the Optometry service based at Colchester Hospital.


You will work within core optometry clinics and extended scope roles in the ophthalmology sub-speciality clinics. This presents an ideal opportunity to experienced community optometrists who wish to expand their knowledge base further, previous hospital experience is not essential.


You will be offered comprehensive training in hospital clinical work including refraction, specialist contact lens, LVA, special needs clinics, plus development of clinical experience in extended roles such as medical retina, vitreo-retinal, cataract, glaucoma and cornea.
The post holder is an autonomous practitioner who is required to deliver a broad range of core optometric and specialised extended role clinical services at the Primary Care Centre, Colchester, and peripheral hospitals.


You will manage the triage of community ophthalmic referrals.


You are required to contribute to the teaching, audit, research, clinical governance and administrative requirements of the optometry service.
One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.


Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata). Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.


Post graduate qualification (Level 7) relevant to optometry
Previous experience in community minor eye conditions scheme (MECS).
Previous experience in ophthalmic sub-specialty clinics
Previous hospital eye service experience

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Colchester Eye Clinic

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