Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology
- Grade
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term - 1 year)
- Hours
- 40 hours per week (Full Time - 40 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 196-MED4436
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £63,152 per annum excl LZ
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow in Ophthalmology - Cornea
Senior Clinical Fellow
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
GUY’S AND ST. THOMAS’ HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Ophthalmology
Senior Clinical Fellow in Ophthalmology (Cornea)
£63,152 per annum
Full Time - 40 hrs per week (1:10 on-call commitment)
Fixed Term - 1 year
Main duties of the job
Applications are invited for a full time position of a Clinical Fellow with an interest in cornea to join our renowned eye department. The post is for 1 year fixed term but maybe extended subject to satisfactory progression.
The post-holder will support the provision of the ophthalmology service including clinics, ward rounds, theatres and eye emergency. The post timetable consists of working in Cornea, Cataracts and Eye casualty.
Working for our organisation
The successful candidate will join the corneal team of three full time consultants, one trainee doctor and one specialist optometrist. The service is also supported by experienced ophthalmic nurse practitioners, nurses, technicians, optometrists and orthoptists. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic, forward thinking team continually working to improve ophthalmic care for patients in South East London and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of ophthalmic services to the Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to include:
- Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
- Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.
The post holder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under aegis of the training plan that that post holder has agreed with their supervising consultant.
The post holder will participate in the general on call rota.
The post holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.
There is a contractual obligation on employers to monitor working hours through robust local monitoring arrangements supported by national guidance, and on individual doctors to co-operate with those monitoring arrangements.
All posts and working patterns are under constant review in line with EWTD guidelines
Neither the London Deanery nor the Royal College accredits this post for postgraduate training. However the postholder will be expected to attend and contribute to educational activities e.g. departmental meetings, x-ray meetings, pathology meetings, multidisciplinary meetings, journal clubs etc.
All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise.
Clinical Experience:
Essential criteria
- Previous clinical experience in ophthalmology including training in cataract, cornea
- Clinical experience in eye casualty.
- Previous experience of performing laser procedures.
- Able to perform simple cataract surgery unsupervised.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of performing laser procedures.
Management:
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Scott Robbie
- Job title
- Sub-Specialty lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071887188
- Additional information
For further information please see attached job description, which includes the proposed timetable, or contact ) Mr Scott Robbie ([email protected])
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