Clinical Lead Orthoptist Part-Time Grade 6/7

Clinical Lead Orthoptist Part-Time EyeBus NHS Band 6/7 equivalent 0.5 FTE Home-based January 2027 (retainer) / August 2027 (employed). Annualised for term-time working pattern. Are you an experienced orthoptist looking to apply your clinical skills in a genuinely new setting? Are you passionate about early childhood health and motivated by the idea of building something from the ground up? EyeBus is a purpose-converted mobile clinical unit that visits primary schools and delivers free dual sensory screening vision and hearing, to Reception and Year 1 pupils. We are recruiting for two part-time Clinical Lead Orthoptists to join us at the very start of our journey. You will be home-based, working 2.5 days per week (08 30), and provide resilient clinical and regulatory leadership across the EyeBus programme. One post is designated as the CQC Named Registered Manager; one as Deputy NRM. Both posts work together on an agreed rota no single person carries the entire clinical load. This is a founding clinical role. You will be the clinical authority behind everything EyeBus does: delivering vision and hearing screening and providing end-of-day clinical oversight for the School Health Care Assistant (SHCA). Every referred child is tracked through a failsafe log until follow-up is confirmed. The long-term ambition is a national service. Your protocols, SOPs, and ways of working will define how EyeBus operates for years. Contract. The post begins with a short paid consultancy ..... full job details .....