Orthoptist

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated orthoptist to join our friendly team of orthoptists, optometrists, ophthalmic technicians, medical photographers, glaucoma technicians, diabetic eye screening service and 12 consultant ophthalmologists. University Hospital Aintree is a leading teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre for the North West and has strong links with The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

We have clinical teaching commitments for undergraduate students therefore a teaching qualification and clinical teaching experience will be beneficial.

The post holder must be able to work single handed as well as part of a team.

You must have a degree/diploma in orthoptics and be registered with the HCPC with up to date knowledge of current orthoptic principles, practices and conditions. CPD time will be allocated.

To use experience gained through practical experience in a clinical environment under pinned by sound theoretical knowledge at degree level.
To provide high quality, comprehensive, expert, skilled Orthoptic services in an eye unit, which is a national centre of excellence.

To assess, diagnose, manage and treat all cases of adult and paediatric ocular motility defects and all other referrals.

To provide Orthoptic services for Accident and Emergency walk in patients.
To liase and provide these services with Ophthalmologists, medical staff in other specialities, nursing and paramedical staff.

To collaborate and co-operate with other clinicians, administrative and managerial staff to contribute to service development and ensure quality care is delivered.

To provide clinical and theoretical teaching and liase with the Department of Orthoptics Liverpool University.

To provide clinical and theoretical teaching to medical, nursing and paramedical staff.

To use highly developed physical skills in order to produce accurate measurements from which surgical procedures will be planned.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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1.To perform and be responsible for a broad range of expert skills, complex,
comprehensive investigative, diagnostic and therapeutic Orthoptic procedures on all patients regardless of physical and mental disabilities including language barriers.
2. To formulate treatment plans and instruct patients and carers on continuous courses of home therapies.
3. Independently implement, review and alter treatment, based on Orthoptic assessment, interpretation and evaluation of a wide range of conditions.
4. To act as a source of expert clinical knowledge for consultants, clinical
colleagues, patients and carers for routine and as part of a leading team of
specialists.
5. Work in partnership with consultants, optometrists, doctors and other medical professions, diagnose and treat and recommend further treatment options to other medical professionals.
6. To provide highly specialised expertise within specialist clinics: Macular
clinics, Stroke Unit, A&E Primary Care, Adjustable Squint surgery, Adult ocular motility and Botulinum Toxin.
7. To independently assess, diagnose and where possible treat A&E Primary
Care walk in patients and Ophthalmic outpatients as first expert practitioner.
8. To perform additional specialised skills of visual and ocular assessment:
Colour vision, contrast sensitivity and visual field analysis.
9. Collect, interpret and evaluate information and maintain accurate patient records.
10. To be the sole provider of the Orthoptic service as part of a multi-disciplinary team/ and in co-ordination with other health professionals across the trust.
11. To diagnose, treat and manage new patients referred to the Orthoptist as the initial assessment in the ophthalmic clinic and specialist clinics.
12. To communicate complex diagnosis, treatment and management plans
containing sensitive or contentious information where patients and/or carers may have major emotional, physical and psychological problems.
13. To co-ordinate and participate in complex tests with other professions.
14. Manage frequent, unpredictable, verbal immediate referrals from own and other directorates on a daily basis