• Job Description

  Req#: C9321-24-0356?language=en&page=1259&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are recruiting Community Optometrists to join the existing high-quality Eye Casualty Telephone Triage Service. You will be employed as part of our Oxford Eye Hospital team. 1 day a week 7.5 hours. All applications welcome to discuss at interview.

  Initial training will be on-site at Oxford Eye Hospital for a number of months, with the option of home working there after.

  Main duties of the job

  The role is key to the success of eye casualty and to support our colleagues in primary care and community practice. You will need sound professional decision-making skills and good communication skills to be able to triage calls from community colleagues, GPs and patients to ensure that the patients are directed to the correct eye care provision in a safe timeframe. You will need to be comfortable in the use of multiple IT interfaces at a time. There will be access to second opinion from senior ophthalmologists/ clinicians for complex cases. Full training will be given.

  About us

  Training and consolidation of skills will be onsite at Oxford Eye Hospital with face to face training and support. There will then be an option to work from home once skills and IT/ internet system are proven effective.

  You will have access to weekly Online eye casualty lectures as part of the OEH team.

  Date posted

  30 January 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £43,742 to £50,056 a year Per Annum / Pro Rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  321-NOTSS-5997929-B7

  Job locations

  Oxford Eye Hospital, West Wing, JR, , Oxford OX3 9DU

  Headley way

  Oxford

  OX3 9DU

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To work closely within the eye casualty team to deliver a comprehensive telephone triage service to highest standards of quality and care and making autonomous decisions using clinical and diagnostic ophthalmic knowledge and experience.

  To work within your level of competency and within eye hospital guidelines seeking advice from and senior colleagues, as required, for safe practice.

  To utilise a range of IT systems to access phone line, multiple electronic patient records systems and record relevant findings and triage outcome management plans.

  Liaise with community optometry colleagues, GPs, ophthalmologist and other professional groups, as needed, on case by case basis.

  To work efficiently to maximise the number of calls actioned each session.

  To participate in and contribute as required to teaching and training relating to role.

  Undertake audit as required.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To work closely within the eye casualty team to deliver a comprehensive telephone triage service to highest standards of quality and care and making autonomous decisions using clinical and diagnostic ophthalmic knowledge and experience.

  To work within your level of competency and within eye hospital guidelines seeking advice from and senior colleagues, as required, for safe practice.

  To utilise a range of IT systems to access phone line, multiple electronic patient records systems and record relevant findings and triage outcome management plans.

  Liaise with community optometry colleagues, GPs, ophthalmologist and other professional groups, as needed, on case by case basis.

  To work efficiently to maximise the number of calls actioned each session.

  To participate in and contribute as required to teaching and training relating to role.

  Undertake audit as required.

  Person Specification

  Shortlist offline

  Essential

  • Add "2" for interview, "0" for rejected

  Person Specification

  Shortlist offline

  Essential

  • Add "2" for interview, "0" for rejected

  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

  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

  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Oxford Eye Hospital, West Wing, JR, , Oxford OX3 9DU

  Headley way

  Oxford

  OX3 9DU

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Oxford Eye Hospital, West Wing, JR, , Oxford OX3 9DU

  Headley way

  Oxford

  OX3 9DU

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ouh.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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