Job summary
- Main area
- Opthalmology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: Substantive
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours Per Week)
- Job ref
- 213-Med-PRUH-6857068
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Mary's Hospital
- Town
- Sidcup
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum excluding London Zone Allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Ophthalmologist with special interest in Glaucoma
Consultant
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.
Main duties of the job
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.ÌýThe 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.Ìý
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.
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· 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.
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· Provide clinical supervision of junior staff (medical and non-medical) as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
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· Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
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· Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Divisional management team.
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· Contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
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· Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.
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· 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.
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· Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
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· 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.
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· 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.
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· Undertake Divisional management duties as agreed with the Divisional/departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
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· Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
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· 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.
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
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
- Mr Eoin O'Sullivan
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- eoin.o'[email protected]
- Additional information
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