Job Title: Senior Optometrist
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Salary Range: £71,038.46 to £79,133.77
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Part Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 31/01/2026
Job Overview
The Senior Optometrist is a key member of the Ophthalmology Department and is responsible for delivering quality glaucoma assessments, diagnosis of ophthalmic conditions, monitoring of patients with glaucoma as well as contributing to the highest standards of clinical governance.
Undertake assessment of OCT scans and visual field results. To make diagnoses and decisions in straightforward and complex cases regarding the optimal outcome for each patient on an individual basis. To refer patients to the ophthalmology team if there are any concerns about changes in the patient’s condition, providing a detailed referral letter and following the glaucoma care pathway to allow appropriate follow up appointments.
To be responsible for ensuring the safe use of specialist equipment to eliminate the risk of injury.
Be proactive in offering health promotion and participating in health promotion activities providing a holistic approach to health care.
For an informal discussion, please contact Sue Neasham- s.neasham@health.gov.je
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Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
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