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Job summary

Main area
Opthalmology
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
193-CON204PCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Prince Charles Eye Unit
Town
Windsor
Salary
£93,666 - £126,281 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/04/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant Ophthalmology in Eye Casualty

Consultant

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.  Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

 

 

Job overview

This is a replacement 10 PA post for a Consultant Ophthalmology with an interest in Urgent Eye Care and complimentary sub-specialty at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

 

The Simulation date for the post will be 25th June 2024  and the Interview date is the 11th July 2024.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will share clinical and managerial leadership within the Ophthalmology service with the present consultants. 

Working for our organisation

The Ophthalmology Department is part of the Head and Neck Directorate, which is part of the Planned Care Group.

The department undertakes approximately 7000 day-case procedures and provides approximately 100,000 outpatient attendances and over 20,000 Eye Casualty attendances per annum, serving a population of approximately 1 million.

At the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading the service is located in the Eye Block and includes the Eye Outpatient Department and the dedicated Eye Day Case Unit. Inpatient care is provided on Dorrell Ward which provides care for Head and Neck patients. There are dedicated eye theatres.

The Prince Charles Eye Unit in Windsor is on the site of the King Edward VII Hospital. There are two fully commissioned ophthalmic theatres within the unit undertaking day case admissions and minor operations.

Ophthalmic Accident and Emergency services are provided in both the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Prince Charles Eye Unit.  There are dedicated intra-vitreal injection treatment suites on both sites. 

The West Berkshire Community Hospital in Newbury provides dedicated eye outpatient clinic facilities and theatres.

The outpatient facilities at all sites include up to date equipment. The Royal Berkshire Hospital is a Digital Trust using Cerner Millennium EPR. The Ophthalmology department is paperlight, using Medisoft for all clinical records. Medisoft is closely integrated with EPR.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

  1. To provide Ophthalmology services with a special interest in Accident and Emergency Ophthalmology in both inpatient and outpatient settings. We are keen to develop new ways of working some which may have been learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic period aiming to reduce footfall in a walk in casualty and we need innovative leadership to do this.
  2. To provide enthusiastic clinical leadership for the A and E Ophthalmology services, including responsibility for supervision of junior medical staff and teaching, training and assessment of medical, nursing and allied health professional staff within the service.
  3. To provide ophthalmology services in an additional sub-specialty area if desired by the applicant. The subspecialty should complement either acute ophthalmology care or other the wider department.
  4. To liaise with the community providers and deliver integrated primary care services to support eye casualty.
  5. To liaise with other specialty services such as Neurology, Stroke teams, Orthoptists and paediatricians, Radiology, Maxillofacial to provide optimal pathways for patient care and review
  6. To innovate virtual working methods for general clinic patients
  7. To deliver high volume cataract lists and support surgical training in the department.
  8. To provide on-call cover for Ophthalmology services on an approximately 1 in13
  9. To assess performance against national standards quarterly and identify areas requiring improvement.
  10. To ensure that all clinical information systems are completed appropriately.

Management Responsibilities:

  1. Active participation in monthly clinical governance/audit and Consultant meetings within the department. Participation in short listing and interviewing doctors joining the department. Performing investigations for serious incidents, and authoring root cause analysis reports. Investigating and responding to departmental complaints within the Trust framework and timelines. Taking on additional roles throughout the Consultant career - to include College Tutor, Educational Supervisor, Clinical lead for clinical Governance and Audit, Departmental Clinical Lead etc.
  2. Participation and involvement in meetings and other business plans and development in the Ophthalmology service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full Registration with GMC (or eligibility)
  • Membership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists or equivalent

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Fully trained in A&E / acute eye care
Desirable criteria
  • Fully trained in further ophthalmology subspecialty area if desired

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Irfan Tahir
Job title
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0118 322 1882
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