• Job Description

  Req#: C9292-25-0187?language=en&page=690&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We have an opportunity for a new or experienced Optometrist to join the Ophthalmology team at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow.

  You will be required to provide optometric support to the busy Ophthalmology clinics, which run in conjunction with other departments in the hospital.

  We are looking for an enthusiastic Optometrist with hospital and community experience who can work in an adult and paediatric extended role, carrying out a wide range of complex optometric and ophthalmological procedures.

  Main duties of the job

  As part of your role, you will:

  • 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

  Our Organisation

  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) 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 extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

  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.

  Details

  Date posted

  29 April 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum plus 5% High Cost Area Suppliment

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

  Reference number

  292-7125937-SCC-A

  Job locations

  Princess Alexandra Hospital

  Hamstel Road

  Harlow

  CM20 1QX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

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

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

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

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Optometry Bsc (Hons)
  • GOC registered optometrist

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in dealing with complex refraction cases
  • Experience in dealing with complex refraction cases
  • Experience of Audit and other quality initiatives

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Optometry Bsc (Hons)
  • GOC registered optometrist

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in dealing with complex refraction cases
  • Experience in dealing with complex refraction cases
  • Experience of Audit and other quality initiatives

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

  Address

  Princess Alexandra Hospital

  Hamstel Road

  Harlow

  CM20 1QX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

  Address

  Princess Alexandra Hospital

  Hamstel Road

  Harlow

  CM20 1QX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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