Our fixed term pre-registration optometrist post at Oxford Eye Hospital will run 10th August 2026 until 31^st August 2027. We are looking for a candidate on track for a good BSc (Hons) degree in Optometry (2(i) or above). You will have a bright mind, caring attitude and a strong desire to pursue a long term career in hospital optometry. Oxford Eye Hospital is a busy teaching hospital, with Consultant Ophthalmologists across sub-specialities -vitro-retina, glaucoma, paediatric, neuro-ophthalmology, cornea, medical retina, oncology, genetics and oculo-plastics. The Department of Optometry as a team includes over 20 Optometrists, some part time, one pre -registration optometrist, Dispensing Opticians, a Clinical Scientist and a team of ECLOs . Our optometrists work across many of these specialties. Our core clinical activities include refraction (paediatric cycloplegic and adult cases), specialist contact lens fitting, low vision assessment, optical dispensing, corneal topography, visual fields (Goldmann, Octopus) and colour vision assessment. You will have observation sessions timetabled around the range of ophthalmology service clinics so that your training is consolidated. There is opportunity to attend the weekly regional ophthalmology teaching held within the Oxford Eye Hospital. As part of your year, a placement in private practice is organised for you, To undertake core optometry services under clinical supervision. The level of supervision will reduce during the term of the contract as the postholder gains experience and is expected to be guided by professional guidelines and best practice. Core services include: a. Routine refraction (including diagnostic and paediatric). b. Routine, and ultimately complex, low vision clinics. c. Complex medical contact lens fitting and aftercare management. d. Imaging techniques such as corneal topography and optic nerve head imaging. e. Investigative techniques such as slit-lamp biomicroscopy and indirect ophthalmoscopy to examine optometry patients including those not under ophthalmology review, to monitor/screen for ocular diseases such as age-related macula degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. To plan and implement individual patient care pathways and refer patients back to the care of the ophthalmologist when changes/new pathology is detected/suspected f. Colour vision assessment. g. Visual fields assessment and other psychophysical assessments of visual function. h. Routine and complex spectacle dispensing service. i. Liaison with medical staff and professionals from other disciplines (e.g. Social and Health Care and charities such as RNIB and Oxfordshire Association for the Blind) in co-ordinating patient carePerson specificationofflineEssential criteria

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence., Oxford Eye Hospital is a busy teaching hospital, with Consultant Ophthalmologists across many sub-specialities. The Department of Optometry as a team includes over 20 Optometrists, some part time, one pre -registration optometrist, Dispensing Opticians, a clinical scientist and a team of ECLOs. Our optometrists work across many of these specialties as well as delivering Core Optometry.