Optical Assistant

An opportunity has opened up for a new optical assistant post at CDDFT. The post will support the wider Orthoptic and Optometry services at the Trust. The Orthoptic and Optometry team at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust consists of a team of seven Orthoptists and three part time Optometrists working closely together with the Consultant Ophthalmologists to provide a high standard of care to our paediatric and adult patients. We work to the Trusts ethos of providing the patient with safe, compassionate, joined-up care. This is a dynamic department with a strong focus on quality which is constantly striving to improve services for our patients and ensure that their experience is as good as possible., The successful candidate will be closely involved with the contact lens service here at CDDFT. They will support the qualified Optometrist in managing both the administrative and clinical duties involved with the contact lens service. They will support with ordering and distribution of contact lenses, receiving payments for the service and will clinically be involved with supporting the Optometrist in preliminary testing and training patients in how to insert and remove their contact lenses. They will be involved with our paediatric service instilling eye drops and supporting our Orthoptists in ensuring maximum uptake of appointments.

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We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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