Job Description

Applications are invited to apply for the bank position of Low Visual Aid Clinician B7 0.2 wte/ 7.5 hours - adhoc sessions. They will be required to provide a comprehensive, high quality Low Visual Aid (LVA) service as an autonomous practitioner and to work as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary teams.



You will be joining our diverse team which includes Contact Lens & anterior segment specialist (service lead), optometrist, service coordinator, ECLO and the ophthalmology team.



We are looking for dedicated, enthusiastic and motivated applicants, capable of working individually and as part of a team.



The post holder will act as a focal point for the LVA service. Developing close links with Ophthalmology &Orthoptic team, medical secretaries, clinicians and Orthoptic Leadership Team.



To provide a comprehensive, high quality Low Visual Aid (LVA) service as an autonomous practitioner and to work as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary teams.

To undertake a clinical leadership role that will require advanced specialist knowledge within this discipline and help to develop staff working in this domain.

To use advanced clinical reasoning to include assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with varying degrees of sight impairment.

To provide a specialist role to supply appropriate LVA as necessary including adjustment and maintenance to maximise the patients visual potential.

To provide comprehensive teaching to ensure maximum visual potential is attained and maintained.

Maintain and enhance professional knowledge and skills required to practise as an advanced practitioner and keep a personal professional development portfolio.

To undertake audit and research activities.



University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.



All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.



UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.



At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.



To provide a comprehensive, high quality Low Visual Aid (LVA) service as an autonomous practitioner and to work as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary teams.

To undertake a clinical leadership role that will require advanced specialist knowledge within this discipline and help to develop staff working in this domain.

To use advanced clinical reasoning to include assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients with varying degrees of sight impairment.

To provide a specialist role to supply appropriate LVA as necessary including adjustment and maintenance to maximise the patients visual potential.

To provide comprehensive teaching to ensure maximum visual potential is attained and maintained.

Maintain and enhance professional knowledge and skills required to practise as an advanced practitioner and keep a personal professional development portfolio.

To undertake audit and research activities.