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We are one of London's largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a strong profile of local services primarily serving the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.

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Denmark Hill
London
SE5 9RS
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0203 299 9000

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Ref: 213-Med-PRUH-6857068 Vacancy ID: 6857068

Consultant Ophthalmologist with special interest in Glaucoma

Accepting applications until: 10-Jan-2025 23:59

Open

Accepting applications until: 10-Jan-2025 23:59

Location

Queen Mary's Hospital
Sidcup
DA14 6LT
London

Contract type & working pattern

Permanent: Substantive
Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours Per Week)

Salary

£105,504 - £139,882 per annum excluding London Zone Allowance
Yearly

(Consultant)

Specialty

Opthalmology

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

Job overview

We wish to appoint a Consultant Ophthalmologist, specialising in Glaucoma. The post will be based at Kings’ Sidcup site, Queen Mary’s Hospital. However, the post has potential to support any of King's sites as appropriate. The individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff (medical and non-medical). The post holder will work within the multi–disciplinary teams providing and further developing elective and emergency care for ophthalmology patients within the general and subspecialty services, focusing on the provision and development of the glaucoma service to King’s patients.

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The remit of this post is to provide specialist Consultant leadership, expertise and support to King’s glaucoma service. Post holder will develop and provide outpatient and surgical services for glaucoma patients from complex to routine. There will be commitment to the new community based glaucoma monitoring service with involvement in development, training, supervision and virtual case review. In addition, the post-holder may work with local clinical commissioning groups to devise appropriate patient care pathways and services in primary care. In addition, the post may involve performing high volume cataract surgery. The post holder will contribute to the strategic development of the glaucoma service across all King’s sites in collaboration with the other King’s glaucoma specialists and there are regular meetings of a cross-site subspecialty glaucoma group to facilitate this

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. 

At King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust we are proud of our diverse workforce and the strength that gives us to provide compassionate care to all of our patients. We are fortunate to employ a workforce that represents the population we care for, and we celebrate the value of differences in age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sex, sexual orientation and religion or belief. We have demonstrated out commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion by making it one of our four headline ambitions in our BOLD vision (brilliant people, outstanding care, leaders in research, innovation and education and diversity, equality and inclusion at the heart of everything we do) and there is significant work undertaken at the Trust to ensure that this is a reality for all of our staff.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Together with the other Ophthalmologists, to provide a service for Ophthalmology patients across all sites. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department.

 

· Shared responsibility with the other Consultants for providing 24 hour, 7 day a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.

 

· Provide clinical supervision of junior staff (medical and non-medical) as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.

 

· Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.

 

· Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Divisional management team.

 

· Contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.

 

· Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.

 

· Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the department’s/ Division’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.

 

· Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).

 

· Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.

 

· Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.

 

· Undertake Divisional management duties as agreed with the Divisional/departmental Manager/Clinical Director.

 

· Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.

 

· Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registerable medical qualification
  • FRCOphth / MRCOphth or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD or PhD)

Registration

Essential criteria
  • Full Registration with GMC
  • Name on GMC Ophthalmology Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Wide experience in all aspects of Ophthalmology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC.
  • Advanced subspecialty training in Glaucoma
Desirable criteria
  • Competence in performing high volume and complex cataract surgery

Administration

Essential criteria
  • Experience in day-to-day organisation of Ophthalmology services in a busy Teaching Hospital
  • Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
  • Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
  • Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential criteria
  • Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
Desirable criteria
  • Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential criteria
  • Experience of clinical research.
  • Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Ophthalmology

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching skills course/qualification

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mr Eoin O'Sullivan
Job title
Clinical Director
Email address
eoin.o'[email protected]
Additional information

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