Senior Optometrist

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Senior Optometrist The closing date is 18 December 2025 Join our Team as a Part-Time Paediatric Optometrist As a part-time optometrist, you will play a pivotal role in providing top-notch optometry services within our esteemed hospital. Embrace the responsibility of assessing, diagnosing, and expertly managing the treatment of patients referred to our esteemed Hospital Orthoptic/Optometry service. Don't worry if you're new to this specialty; we provide comprehensive training to ensure your success. Step into a world of excitement and growth with our incredible team. We are thrilled to offer you the chance to gain invaluable experience in paediatric refraction and fundoscopy. Become an integral part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals, where you'll thrive as an autonomous practitioner. You will be the heart of our orthoptic/optometry clinic, with the sole responsibility of caring for patients from diverse backgrounds, including young children, babies, and individuals with learning and physical disabilities. Your compassionate approach and unwavering commitment to excellence will leave a lasting impact on every patient you serve. This is your moment to shine Embrace this attractive opportunity to join our dedicated team, where your skills and passion will make a genuine difference in the lives of countless patients. Join us now, and let's create an extraordinary vision for the future together. Main duties of the job To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. About us We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically‑led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS‑run hospital in the East Midlands. Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list. Job responsibilities To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Person Specification Knowledge Knowledge of Optometry, Optics, orthoptics, Ophthalmology IT skills including knowledge of hospital systems Qualifications Batchelor of Science in Optometry or equivalent qualification Registration with the General Optical Council Clinical teaching qualification Further Training Keeps up to date with current literature and keep evidence of CPD activities Additional training/CPD relating to learning disabilities Experience Experience in clinical optometry Experience of Optometry in a hospital setting Experience of working with children including those with additional needs Experience of delivering student supervision Contractual Requirements Provide optometry service for Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata #J-18808-Ljbffr