About the role
Salary: £39959.00 to £48117.00
A post has become available for a Specialist Orthoptist at County Durham
and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. This is a dynamic department with a strong
focus on quality which is constantly striving to improve services for our
patients and ensure that their experience is as good as possible. We are looking for a forward thinking and
innovative Orthoptist to become part of our team
The candidate will hold their own general Orthoptic caseload and will
perform both new and follow-up assessments . The post holder will work
alongside our urgent care clinic seeing urgent Orthoptic case and also to
provide secondary screening clinics. There will be opportunity to work in
multi-disciplinary clinics with both our paediatric Ophthalmologist and
Optometrists. The successful candidate
may be required to work at any of our Trust sites and will therefore require
excellent organisational skills. Our service has an active Orthoptic stroke
service and there may be opportunity to gain experience in this area.
The post holder will act as a source of expertise on the diagnosis and
management of ocular motility disorder to patients, carers,G.P.s, Ophthalmology
Medical staff and other health care professionals. They will be required to
accurately diagnose and develop effective treatment plans for patients and
ensure timely review.. They will appropriately discharge and make onward
referral to other services within the Trust for both Ophthalmology and
emotional support, involving external agencies such as the DVLA and local
government sensory support services where necessary. The post holder will be
required to educate and train other Health care professionals, undergraduate
Orthoptic students, medical students, Optometry and work experience
students. They will be required to
participate actively in continuous professional development to benefit both
themselves and the Orthoptic services