Specialist Optometrist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for specialist optometrists to work at Moorfields in a variety of core and subspecialty clinics throughout the week. There is a total of 4.5 whole time equivalents (45 sessions) that are available in either full-time or part-time posts. These posts cover three main areas of the Moorfields network:

• Moorfields South – Croydon and St George’s
• Moorfields North-West – Northwick Park and Ealing
• Moorfields City Road

The post holder will provide a wide range of optometric services, which can include: 1. Working in an ‘extended role’ capacity in a variety of ophthalmology clinics which can include Medical Retina, Glaucoma, Cataract or External Disease. 2. Working in extended role outside ophthalmology clinics, i.e. without medical support in clinic, e.g. Children’s Vision Clinic. 3. Refraction, including adult and paediatric; diagnostic and post-operative cases 4. Medical Contact Lenses 5. Low Vision Clinics, adult and paediatric. 6. Refracting patients to specific protocols as part of studies. 7. Supervising junior staff in their clinical roles The post holder should have prior experience working in a hospital eye service department for a minimum of three years, or be able to demonstrate that the have an equivalent level of experience that makes them suitable for the role. PROBATIONARY PERIOD This post will be subject to a probationary period of 6 months. During the probationary period, your suitability for continued employment will be assessed and provided a satisfactory standard is achieved and maintained, your employment will be confirmed. The probationary period may be extended or your employment terminated either during or at the end of probation, in line with the trust Probationary Policy. For the duration of the probation period, the notice period will be in line with contractual obligations on either side. Moorfields Eye Hospital is a post-graduate teaching Hospital of international acclaim, dedicated to excellence in patient care, training and research. Our main site is at City Road, London but we have a large, and growing, number of interdisciplinary satellite clinics at which optometric services are provided. The Optometry Department has expanded rapidly with increasing extended role activities across Moorfields’ sites. The Optometry Department has over 160 optometrists and provides clinical services for refraction, low vision assessment, medical contact lenses as well as extended role. We play a significant role in the training of ophthalmic professionals and in collaboration with UCL our optometry education has recently expanded to provide College of Optometrists Higher Qualifications. Our research priorities reflect the developing role of optometrists and our close links with the Institute of Ophthalmology. We are supported by our spectacle and contact lens laboratories. To provide a wide range of optometric services, which can include: 1. Working in an ‘extended role’ capacity in a variety of ophthalmology clinics which can include Medical Retina, Glaucoma, Cataract or External Disease. 2. Working in extended role outside ophthalmology clinics, i.e. without medical support in clinic, e.g. Children’s Vision Clinic. 3. Refraction, including adult and paediatric; diagnostic and post-operative cases 4. Medical Contact Lenses 5. Low Vision Clinics, adult and paediatric. 6. Refracting patients to specific protocols as part of studies. 7. Supervising junior staff in their clinical roles