Ambulatory Care Operations Orthoptist Casual Pool

An exciting opportunity exists for an Orthoptist to join our Ophthalmology team on a casual basis at Royal North Shore Hospital.

Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

Where you'll be workingYou will be working with a dynamic group of nursing, medical and allied health staff providing care to admitted and non -admitted patients at Royal North Shore Hospital.

What you'll be doing

Provides primary assessment of ophthalmology patients including pre and post-operative care, visual acuity, measurement of eye pressures, Autorefraction, Pachymetry, assessment of ocular motility, OCT, Visual Field, inpatient consultations, and IOL Master scanning and A Scanning.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:       

1. Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
2. BappSC (Orthoptics) or equivalent qualification. Previous experience in a hospital or health care environment.
3. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
4. Experience in working with Microsoft office programs and computer literacy with accurate keyboard/data entry skills and attention to detail.
5. Excellent team skills by working effectively in a busy multidisciplinary team environment, with an emphasis on the customer.
6. Ability to demonstrate initiative and self-motivation with flexible work attitude and ability to adapt to change.
7. Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise and meet strict deadlines.
8. Demonstrated ability to work under pressure by undertaking different tasks as assigned.

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For role related queries or questions contact Claire Bridgman on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 9463 1***

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases including COVID-19. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

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Applications Close: 14 April 2024

Once application completed candidates may be contacted prior to closing date