We have an opportunity, for a full time Specialist Optometrist (Band 7).
St Paul's Eye Unit is the largest eye care provider in Cheshire and Merseyside and is a long established centre of excellence for ophthalmic care serving the North West and beyond. We provide the full range of eye services with hospital optometrists involved in most of services.
We work with a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to deliver the full range of ophthalmology services. We support and encourage career development and the attainment of higher professional qualifications and IP qualifications. The successful applicants will be based in purposed designed facilities at the new Royal Liverpool University hospital, which opened in October 2022.
St Paul's Eye Unit is a Division within Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are a tertiary referral centre with around 370 staff including 44 Consultant Ophthalmologists working at Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Aintree University Hospital and satellite sites. We delivery eye emergency and general ophthalmology services along with all subspecialty services including ocular neurology, ocular plastics and ocular oncology.
In addition to traditional core optometry activities, which include refraction, biometry, medical contact lens practice and low vision services, hospital optometrists are involved in: eye emergency, cornea, cataract, glaucoma, diabetic, medical retinal and clinical research activities. The post holder will personally deliver direct patient care, and may undertake research activity, clinical audit and teaching / training as required.
These posts are particularly suitable for optometry colleagues wishing to expand and consolidate their knowledge and clinical skills. Previous hospital experience is an advantage but not essential.
If you are limited in you current role, looking to develop and fully use your wider optometry skill set this may well be the role for you.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: David McDaid Job title: Principal Optometrist Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0151 706 3901
David McDaid, Principal Optometrist
