Band 7 Advanced Specialist Community Orthoptist
A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Band 7 Part time Advanced Specialist Community Orthoptist
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Orthoptist to join the Paediatric Eye Service team. This community-based Eye Department allows a unique opportunity to gain experience within a culturally and socially diverse area.
You would be a key member of a small team of 4/5 Orthoptists, an Optometrist and a team administrator, who work together to deliver care to the children across the south Birmingham area.
Work in accordance with HCPC Code of Professional Practice and British and Irish
Orthoptic Society Competency Standards and Professional Practice Guidelines.
As an autonomous practitioner, will be legally, professionally and solely responsible for comprehensive investigative, diagnostic and therapeutic orthoptic procedures. This requires accuracy, acute observations and dexterity whilst working within established protocols.
Be responsible for organising own personal diary to cover the service to mainstream schools, special schools, Child Development Centers, Health Centre clinical sessions, meetings and CPD.
Communicate effectively and responsibly.
Relationships with school nurses, SENCOs, DSLs, Community Paediatricians and others
To assess squints pre-operatively, discuss surgical management options, post operative risks and prognosis prior to referral to Consultant Ophthalmologist,Adhere to Trust policies and National guidance.
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities.We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.
We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 31 Dec 2024