Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Head of Orthoptics
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Head of Orthoptics - Part time - 32.25 hours per week
The post holder will lead and manage the Orthoptic Service at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, covering acute and community adult and paediatric services across Stockport and High Peak, including the Primary Vision Screening Programme.
Reporting to the Divisional Nurse Director (Surgery), the post holder will provide clinical, operational, and strategic leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, efficient, and patient-centred services in line with national and international standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing day-to-day operations, workforce and resources
- Supporting staff development and training
- Overseeing clinical governance, quality, and patient safety
- Promoting research, innovation, and service improvement
- Ensuring effective financial management
- Monitoring service performance, including RTT and waiting-time targets, ensuring timely access to high-quality care and the continuous development of an evidence-based, responsive, and sustainable Orthoptic Service
Responsibilities
- Provide effective Professional Leadership and efficient organisation, operational management, strategic direction, and development of Orthoptics and Paediatric Optometry within the Trust
- Ensure the Orthoptic Service functions in line with up-to-date national guidance
- Provide expert advice regarding complex and highly complex clinical issues to other members of the team and to other professions
- Provide leadership direction and support for all Orthoptic staff
- Support and encourage staff to maintain high staff morale and motivation, always prompting a team approach
- Communicate information in respect of eye care services to other professions and services, the public, other agencies, and commissioners to promote better understanding of the needs of people with sight impairment and/or other associated symptoms
- Maintain links with colleagues and agencies within and outside the NHS to continuously improve services
- Lead departmental meetings and audit
- Represent Orthoptics at Trust Board Level, as required
- Ensure that a clear supervision / competency structure is in place across the service
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We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
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We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits We Offer To You
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Chris O'Loughlin
- Job title: Divisional Nurse Director
- Email address: christopher.oloughlin@stockport.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07864965663
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