NHS
Orthoptist Overview
| Company Name | NHS |
| Job Role | Orthoptist |
| Qualifications | Not specified |
| Category | H |
| Job Type | Full Time |
| Location | Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom |
See Beyond the Ordinary | Join Our Orthoptic Team
Orthoptics is about more than vision. It’s about solving clinical challenges and making a real difference to patients’ lives.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomes applications from newly qualified and experienced Orthoptists.
You’ll assess, diagnose and manage ocular motility and visual development disorders, supporting children’s visual development and adults with double vision, neurological conditions and visual impairment.
A role with variety, support and room to grow.
Working alongside ophthalmologists and healthcare professionals, you’ll contribute to clinical decisions and personalised treatment plans across a varied caseload.
We support your development at every stage, offering structured preceptorship for newly qualified Orthoptists, mentoring for early-career practitioners and ongoing professional development.
Based primarily at King’s Mill Hospital, you’ll also work across Ashfield Health Village and Newark Hospital.
Why join us?
- Varied paediatric and adult caseloads.
- Supportive, collaborative colleagues.
- Preceptorship, mentoring and career development.
- Opportunities to expand your skills and contribute to service improvement.
- The chance to improve patients’ vision, independence and quality of life.
Ready to combine clinical challenge with meaningful patient care?
Bring your skills, curiosity and passion to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Details
Date posted
23 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
214-SRG-8303449
Job locations
King’s Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Orthoptics, Ophthalmology, Neurology
Desirable
- Knowledge of hospital computer systems
Qualifications
Essential
- The BMedSci orthoptic degree and/or Diploma of the British Orthoptic Society (DBO) or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Annotated with exemptions
Further Training
Essential
- Continuing Professional Development
- Competency based assessments
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as an Orthoptist or experience of clinical placements for newly qualified orthoptists
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Provide orthoptic service at King’s Mill Hospital
Desirable
- Able to travel to cover clinics at Ashfield Health Village and Newark Hospital
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Orthoptics, Ophthalmology, Neurology
Desirable
- Knowledge of hospital computer systems
Qualifications
Essential
- The BMedSci orthoptic degree and/or Diploma of the British Orthoptic Society (DBO) or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Annotated with exemptions
Further Training
Essential
- Continuing Professional Development
- Competency based assessments
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as an Orthoptist or experience of clinical placements for newly qualified orthoptists
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Provide orthoptic service at King’s Mill Hospital
Desirable
- Able to travel to cover clinics at Ashfield Health Village and Newark Hospital
Visa Sponsorship May be
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