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Orthoptist (Fixed Term 9 Months)

Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Reading
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 per annum
Closing date
9 Sep 2024

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Profession
Other allied health
Grade
Band 5
Hours
Full Time
Band 5 Orthoptist

PLEASE NOTE: This is a fixed-term post for 9 months to cover a secondment.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Band 5 Orthoptist to join our team of 17 orthoptists working across the county of Berkshire.

This post would suit a newly qualified Orthoptist.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work in our core orthoptic clinics, paediatric ophthalmology and adult motility service, and may be required to cover visual field and OCT clinics.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

We provide acute medical and surgical services to Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire and specialist services such as cancer, dialysis and eye surgery to a wider population across Berkshire and its borders.

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is an entry level orthoptist who, acting within his / her professional boundaries, provides care for the presenting patient, from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care.

They will work autonomously but within Trust and HCPC policies, protocols and guidelines, demonstrating safe, clinical decision-making, high levels of critical thinking and holistic practice.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Degree
  • HCPC Registration


Desirable

  • Medical Exemptions Annotation


Experience

Essential

  • Experience in orthoptics


Desirable

  • OCT image capture
  • Visual Fields experience


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

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