Job overview

This job is a substantive post for a Consultant in Ophthalmology. The job is a full-time post comprising of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), with two theatre sessions per week doing. Main base will be Frimley Park Hospital but there may be clinics at other sites within Frimley Health. The post holder will play a key role and oversight of our emergency service. The successful applicant will be a committed clinician with subspecialist skills in acute ophthalmology and a track record of excellent clinical service delivery, service improvement, teaching, training, and other qualities as identified in the person specification. Experience in HVLC cataract surgery lists is also essential.

Main duties of the job

The Eye Treatment Centre at Frimley Park Hospital is equipped with sixteen consulting rooms and twin ophthalmic theatres. Outpatient and Theatre facilities will also be available at our new hospital build at Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot.

The successful applicant will join a team of thirteen consultants in the Frimley Park ophthalmic department, providing a comprehensive service to the wider community. The post holder will have a job plan comprising of emergency/general clinics and HVLC surgical sessions.

           On Call duties:

            1:10 on-call rota

One half day per month is dedicated to Audit and Teaching during which time all routine work is suspended. All staff are expected to attend except for those providing emergency cover.

All members of the Department are encouraged to take study leave and will be expected to fulfil CPD and revalidation requirements. Teamwork and good communication skills are essential.

It is expected that every member of the Department will play a full part in formal and informal teaching of medical and other staff, and this is recognized as part of Supporting Professional Activities.

Working for our organisation

There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. 

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.