Optometrist - Hospital and Community Experience

2 weeks ago


Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Optometrist to provide optometric support to our busy Ophthalmology clinics at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.

The successful candidate will be required to work in an adult and paediatric extended role, carrying out a wide range of complex optometric and ophthalmological procedures.

Main Responsibilities

  • Ensure safe and effective clinical practice
  • Enhance the patient's experience
  • Manage and develop the performance of the team
  • Ensure effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation's objectives
  • Undertake independently/supervised a wide range of specialty clinical services involving optometric extended roles

About Us

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Job Requirements

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.



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