Job overview

The Ophthalmology service is looking to recruit a forward thinking and dynamic Locum consultant based at Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust with a specialist interest in Oculoplastics, to join the existing consultant colleagues.  

Main duties of the job

1. Provide High Quality Care to Patients in Ophthalmology

▪ The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.

▪ To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.

▪ To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care programmed activities.

▪ To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

2. Research, Teaching and Training

▪ To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director/Chief of Service.

▪ Attend and participate in the West London weekly post-graduate ophthalmic teaching by organising and chairing an allocated session 2-3 times a year.

3. Performance Management

▪ To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

▪ Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.

▪ Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates. Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.

4. Medical Staff Management

▪ To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.