Sessional Optometrist
Location: London School or Schools
Salary: £250 per day + Benefits
Hours: 1 day a week (school term time only)
About SeeAbility
SeeAbility is established as the leading national eye care expert for people with learning disabilities. As a Specialist Registered Charity, it has over 220 years’ experience supporting people who have a visual impairment, learning disability, autism or complex support needs.
What you bring
To be a part of SeeAbility’s NHS England commissioned Special School’s Eye Care team in a London school or schools. You will be responsible for regular visits to the same school(s) with a Dispensing Optician partner during school term times only. SeeAbility Special Schools Eye Care team training will be provided to all successful applicants.
Your Responsibilities:
- Provide specialist eye care and vision information in schools to meet NHS England’s Special School Eye Care Service Specification.
- Undertake SeeAbility Special Schools Eye Care Team training.
- Communicate appropriately and confidently with children who have complex needs.
- Communicate highly sensitive, potentially distressing information to patients’ relatives or carers, often in the presence of significant barriers to understanding learning and physical disabilities.
- Manage your caseload of patients using evidence-based practice whenever possible.
- Be responsible for independent complex decision-making in the management of individual clinical cases.
- Liaise directly with parents and schools on your caseload of children, using secure NHS mail as indicated and meeting GDPR requirements.
- Refer all children needing spectacle correction to the SeeAbility Dispensing Optician and provide spectacle dispensing services when required.
- Prescribe and advise on the use of eye drops.
- Demonstrate a high degree of physical skill in the manipulation and utilisation of complex diagnostic equipment.
- Facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation with other agencies to ensure high-quality patient care.
- Ensure accurate documentation of all interactions with patients, fellow healthcare professionals, and other agencies.
- Produce written reports of clinical outcomes for parents, teaching staff, and other professionals within 5 working days of a clinical assessment.
- Share clinical information securely with administrative support.
- Refer children for further management as clinically indicated.
- Transport notes, laptop, and testing equipment between sites as required.
- Be accountable for your actions, using initiative and judgement regarding patient management.
- Maintain a safe and clean therapeutic environment and ensure that all procedures for infection control are followed.
- Cultivate and sustain good communication channels with other staff to ensure safe and effective collaborative working practices.
- Assist in facilitating and undertaking risk assessments to maintain the safety of patients and staff.
- Mentor new eye care team members as part of SeeAbility/NHSE’s training programme.
- Join at least 2 SeeAbility team meetings a year.
- Comply with health and safety regulations/procedures applicable to staff, patients, and visitors.
- Report any incidents, accidents, or near misses involving patients, visitors, or staff.
- Report any absence from work due to sickness promptly.
- Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job.
- Deliver training sessions to your assigned school annually with support.
- Demonstrate a commitment to evidence-based practice and clinical excellence.
- Undertake clinical audits using appropriate research methodologies.
- Ensure a working knowledge of the IT systems used by the service.
- Maintain records and reports as required and ensure timely uploads to shared information systems.
- Stay updated on developments in eye health and learning/multiple disabilities.
- Strive to ensure that SeeAbility embraces diversity in service delivery.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times and adhere to safeguarding procedures.
- Undertake other duties commensurate with the role of optometrist as instructed.
Benefits:
- Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants, and activities.
- Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts.
- Save 10% on monthly bus travel.
- Pay reviews and commitment to competitive rates.
- Employer contributory pension scheme.
- Refer a friend and receive £600.
- Paid DBS and renewals.
- Season ticket loans.
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