Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Outpatients

·         The candidate is expected to carry out independent outpatient clinics based on appropriate skills and experience. Clinics will likely include acute referral clinic (ARC), medical retina clinics, and some virtual review if appropriate for service needs.

·         The number of clinics will be negotiated with the successful candidate.

·         Multiple clinics run at the same time in the Ophthalmology Unit with an MDT approach from Nurses, Doctors, ANPs, Optometrists, Technicians and Orthoptists.

·         The unit uses Open Eyes (Electronic Patient Record) to store, report and record all activity.

·         Provide clinical supervision of junior medical staff / trainees (ST1 to 8) as a shared responsibility with other senior medical colleagues.

·         To participate in the provision of cover on a shared basis with colleagues when unforeseen short notice absences occur. 

·         The Doctor may be required to cover from time to time for absent colleagues, and exceptionally to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances to ensure the safe running of the Department.

·         It is expected that all administrative work is completed to a high standard and in a timely fashion.

Inpatients

All Ophthalmic elective procedures are done as day case with hardly any admissions for overnight stay. There are some occasions where inpatient management is needed for emergency cases or patients who present with acute medical condition requiring overnight stay.

On-Call Rota

The candidate is expected to support the second on-call rota, as part of the fair and consistent distribution of duties between staff.

Elective

The number of elective sessions will be negotiated with the successful candidate. For elective surgery the appointee is expected to;

·         Provide support to Trainees for dedicated surgical lists.

·         Have overall accountability for the patients they operate on.

·         Participate in the pre and post op management of patients they operate on.

·         Participate in any national data collection requirement for surgical procedures performed.

Audit

Meetings are held quarterly and the appointee will be required to attend and encouraged to contribute in audits and presentations. The appointee will also be expected to support the governance and quality improvement activities on the unit.