Orthoptist - Casual Pool 2023 Wchn - North Adelaide, Australia - SA Government -SA HEALTH

SA Government -SA HEALTH
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North Adelaide, Australia

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Description

SA Health

Job reference: 780194


Location:

NORTH ADELAIDE

Job status:
Casual


Eligibility:
Open to Everyone

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Women's and Children's Health Network
  • Surgical Services
  • Orthoptist
  • Casual Pool 2023 WCHN
  • North Adelaide:

  • Casual Rate per hour
  • AHP1
  • $ $41.48; AHP2
  • $ $50.

74 plus 25% Casual Loading:
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Employment Casual

Overview


Join the Orthoptic casual pool at Women's and Children's Hospital Outpatient clinics run Monday - Friday, with shifts offered between 8.50am - 5.30pm, note that community screening clinics may require earlier start times due to travel to offsite clinics.


The orthoptists play a key role in the day to day running of the paediatric ophthalmology department at Women's and Children's Hospital.

Service provision includes assessment of; age-appropriate visual acuity assessment utilising logMAR and crowding/confusion bars, eye position/squint assessment, eye movement assessment and recording, binocular function testing, intraocular pressure and optic nerve functions by using a wide range of orthoptic and ophthalmic testing modalities.

Orthoptists will also routinely perform ophthalmology imaging including using Humphrey Fields (HFA3), Zeiss Cirrus OCT, Zeiss Clarus widefield photographs and slit lamp imaging (Haag Streit IM900).

Orthoptists at WCH are involved in a range of outpatient clinics;

  • Consultantled clinics orthoptists perform workups for patients with a wide range of conditions. Orthoptists are expected to have enough clinical knowledge to perform appropriate investigations prior to the attendance of medical staff.
  • Orthoptic Review clinic orthoptists assess and manage patients with amblyopia, refractive error, strabismus or conditions that may affect visual acuity or development.
  • Orthoptic Imaging clinic orthoptists perform a range of imaging assessments including visual fields, OCTs, fundus photographs for patients attending consultant or registrarled clinics on another date
  • Refraction clinic working alongside the Fellow, orthoptists assess patients who are in the final phase of amblyopia or refractive error treatment and work with the Fellow to decide who should be discharged to local optometrists.
  • Outreach Vision Screening clinic orthoptists attend CaFHS centres in the northern suburbs performing secondary vision screening on children who have failed their Kindy Vision Screening check
  • Orthoptic Triage clinic orthoptists assess patients who have been referred into WCH, to gain more specific information about any eye condition present.


Applicants with limited experience in paediatric ophthalmology, or significant periods of time since they last worked regularly in this area, will be appointed at AHP1 level.

At the AHP2 level you be expected to work with limited professional direction and high levels of competence within paediatric ophthalmology.


If this sounds like the next step in your rewarding career in Allied Health, you are strongly encouraged to apply.


Other Important Information
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.


Check(s)

  • DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
  • National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)


SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply


Job ref:

780194

Enquiries
Paula Bertram

Acting Manager, Administrative Services


Phone:

Application Closing Date

Monday 3rd July 2023 at 11.55pm

Attachments
AHP1 Newly Qualified Orthoptist Surgical Services

AHP2 Orthoptist
  • Surgical Services
WCHN Competency

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines


Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
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