Optometrist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This Optometrist role involves providing core optometric and ophthalmologic care, including disease treatment and management, to a high volume of patients within a multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will work independently across hospital optometry, utilising specialist equipment and communicating complex information to patients. It requires a high level of professional responsibility and continuous development of specialist knowledge. This is a fixed-term/secondment position for 11 months.
Key responsibilities
- Work independently across all core elements of hospital optometry.
- Utilise specialist ophthalmic instruments and complex equipment.
- Work within the multidisciplinary team to ensure high standards of patient care.
- Carry out delegated administrative responsibilities to support the Optometry Department.
- Communicate complex condition-related and sensitive issues to patients, providing counselling and advice.
- Ensure all administrative tasks associated with patients are completed in a timely manner.
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing paediatric refraction cases
- Working with patients and public
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of or working towards higher certificates
- Hospital Experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £40,559 – £48,841 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Optometrist
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder will work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team within Ophthalmology in order to routinely provide both core optometric and ophthalmologic care, specifically disease treatment/management, to high volumes of patients. Optometrists are registered with the General Optical Council (GOC) and have a high level of clinical training, specialist knowledge and skill. The role demands a high level of individual professional responsibility, efficiency within both core and clinical optometry and good communication and working relationship with the multi-disciplinary team.
This post is a fixed term/secondment for 11 months until 30th of June 2027 due to funding. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Main duties of the job
To work independently across all core elements of hospital optometry and continue to build specialist knowledge to supplement the careprovided. To utilise specialist ophthalmic instruments and complex equipment that often requires adopting unusual or restriction body positions.To work within the multidisciplinary team to ensure that the care delivered to all patients is of the highest standards and quality.To carry ou
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