Principal Optometrist - Single Point of AccessNHS

Job summary

Moorfields Eye Hospital has expanded its Sparc services for managing ophthalmology referrals across London regions.

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated clinical optometrist(s) for sessions as a Principal Optometrist working within our Single Point of Access team.

There are multiple sessions available. The posts will consist of delivering highly specialist clinical care.

Applicants need to have prior experience / understanding of working in the hospital service and already have the relevant higher qualifications from the College of Optometrists or be working towards them (see Person Specification).

As well as joining the largest hospital optometry department that delivers sub-speciality care, research and education within the optometry sector. Moorfields provides high quality ophthalmology services across the full range of sub-specialities in hospital and community settings

Main duties of the job

The post holder(s) will provide clinical expertise including but not limited to, assessment of patient referrals across all ophthalmic sub-specialties, onward care decision making with any appropriate escalation to urgent or non-ophthalmic services as well as communicating professionally with referrers with clinical advice and decision-making support.

The Single Point of Access service is rapidly growing and changing, and the post holder will make a significant contribution to this, including, but not limited to: insight generation from referral data at scale; identification of opportunities for service improvement; evidence generation to drive identified interventions; active participation in service redesign.

The successful applicants will report to the Clinical Lead for Sparc on a day to day basis as part of the wider Sparc team. The post holder is expected to also hold a clinical position.

The post holders will have responsibility for the clinical oversight of the pathway and clinical governance issues within the Sparc.

Job description

To deliver highly specialist clinical patient care requiring extensive knowledge, experience and expertise in management of ophthalmology referrals. This activity requires the judgement, analysis and interpretation of the complex clinical findings with a range of management options.

To have overall responsibility for the clinical care and supervision of patients managed in Sparc and future affiliated digitally-delivered clinical services.

To develop a deep understanding of clinical management pathways across multiple Integrated Care Systems, and be able to support best matching of patient clinical needs with available services.

About us

At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:

• Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
• Free 24/7 independent counselling service
• Learning and development opportunities
• Easy and quick transport links
• A range of attractive benefits and discounts
• Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes
• Free Pilates classes
• Full support and training to develop your skills
• Flexible working friendly organisation

And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.