Job summary
The Ophthalmology Department (part of the Head and Neck Care Group) at NHS HHP are primarily
located at all the main hospital sites in the group (Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital, Diana Princess
of Wales Hospital at Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole & District Hospital) where the
consultants are also based. The Ophthalmology Departments serve a population of nearly 600,000. Daily activity consists of out-patient clinics, surgery and 24 hours on call cover.
Main duties of the job
Provision of Ophthalmic Services within the Trust with responsibility for the prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of illness within the Ophthalmology department. Close working with medical, nursing and allied health professionals to assist in providing high quality patient care. The post holder will be accountable to clinical supervisors and Mr Satish Kotta as clinical lead for the department. Administration Duties: These include responsibility for inpatient discharge summaries, outpatient letters etc and the management of other junior staff on the team. Duties other than those clinical duties specified will be in accordance with the Job Plan agreed between the Appointee, the present Consultants and the Chief Executive. The Job Plan allows time for Administration, Teaching and Medical Audit. Participation in audit/appraisal and CME is mandatory under clinical governance/GMC guidance. Scunthorpe General Hospital, will be the base hospital for this post, however all clinicians may be required to work on any of the Humberwide partnership Trust's sites and across the seven day period where necessary. Secretarial support and appropriate office accommodation and IT facilities will be provided.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- oFull Registration with the GMC
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- oDiploma of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, DRCOphth or FRCS Ophthalmology (Glasgow)
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of ST1 competencies or equivalent in Ophthalmology.
- oAbility to manage general, emergency, ophthalmic and paediatric problems.
- oAbility to record detailed legible medical notes
- oDemonstrate evidence based practice
- oOCT analysis skills
Desirable
- oExperience in Ophthalmic Surgery
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oAbility to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
- oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
- oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- oEvidence of participation in audit
- oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
- oEvidence of participation in audit
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
- Ability to work as a team
- oAbility to organise and prioritise own workload.
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- oFull Registration with the GMC
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- oDiploma of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, DRCOphth or FRCS Ophthalmology (Glasgow)
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of ST1 competencies or equivalent in Ophthalmology.
- oAbility to manage general, emergency, ophthalmic and paediatric problems.
- oAbility to record detailed legible medical notes
- oDemonstrate evidence based practice
- oOCT analysis skills
Desirable
- oExperience in Ophthalmic Surgery
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oAbility to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
- oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
- oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- oEvidence of participation in audit
- oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
- oEvidence of participation in audit
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
- Ability to work as a team
- oAbility to organise and prioritise own workload.
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
