Hospital Optometrist

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Keen to develop a career within hospital optometry? A rare opportunity has arisen within our friendly team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. With us, we guarantee your job will always be interesting and varied with lots of fantastic opportunities to develop your clinical management skills. Currently our Optometrists specialise in glaucoma, medical retina, AMD and cornea as well as heading up our core services – and now you can join us too! Apply today if you are passionate about patient care and if you’re ready to accelerate your learning at a leading teaching hospital in the beautiful university city of Cambridge. Hospital optometry experience is preferred, but we are happy to accept applications from those with no hospital experience or from newly qualified Hospital Optometrists

• Deliver a range of clinical services to the highest standards
• Provide safe and effective referral triage and clinical advice
• Assist in the teaching and training of staff and community partners
• Undertake clinical audit, research and administrative tasks

Our Trust Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 11000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population. CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background. Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities. Benefits to you We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.