Eye Clinic Liaison Officer- Maternity Cover

The Eye Clinic Liaison Service bridges the gap between local hospital services and the community to service users who are partially sighted and severely sight impaired. This post will be based primarily at the City Road site. The post holder will be a vital member of the team working directly with people who have sight loss or impending sight loss. The Eye Clinic Liaison Officer provides critical emotional support, information and advice on living with sight loss to service users, carers, family and friends and signposts to services provided by external organisations. The Eye Clinic Liaison Officer is responsible for facilitating the registration of patients as sight impaired or severely sight impaired by coordinating the completion of the Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI).Main duties of the job Provide advice, information, practical and emotional support to adults of all ages affected by sight loss, and their families and carers. Act as a key contact person to support clients, family members and carers to navigate their way through the variety of information and advice available, and to ensure that they are able to access relevant support services at all stages of sight loss. Act as a key information and advisory link in the certification and registration process for blind and partially sighted people as well as promoting the benefits of certification to the eye clinic staff. Ensure safeguarding risks and regulations are understood, applied and managed in line with the Moorfields Safeguarding policies. Empower patients so that they can prioritise their own needs. To take up referrals to the service and assist with service provision and the processing of referrals to the appropriate resource. Where needs are identified which are not specifically connected to an individual's visual impairment identify the route and signpost and refer on to other services.

At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:

• Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement
• Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
• Free 24/7 independent counselling service
• Learning and development opportunities
• Easy and quick transport links
• A range of attractive benefits and discounts
• Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes
• Free Pilates classes
• Full support and training to develop your skills
• Flexible working friendly organisation
And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.