Job summary
Applications are being sought to join the Ophthalmology Department at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The post is for a Speciality Doctor in Ophthalmology. The department of Ophthalmology is based on 4 sites around Worcestershire; Worcestershire Royal Hospital (WRH), Alexandra Hospital Redditch (Alex), Kidderminster Treatment Centre (KTC) and the Princess of Wales Community Hospital (POWCH) in Bromsgrove. The Ophthalmology department provides a full range of services to the 600 000 population of Worcestershire along with patients from surrounding counties.
The Ophthalmology Department benefits from 3 dedicated theatres and out-patient departments and a full complement of modern equipment, including TOPCON fundus fluorescein imaging system, Spectral Domain OCT technology, Optos camera and laser facilities (SLT, Pascal and YAG). All imaging facilities are networked. We use the OpenEyes electronic patient record.
Main duties of the job
A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide an appropriate clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.
The post-holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.
The post-holder will provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.
The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.
The post-holder will attend cross county and cross site meetings.
To collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This job description, together with the job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Medical Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.
A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide an appropriate clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.
The post-holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.
The post-holder will provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.
The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.
The post-holder will attend cross county and cross site meetings.
To collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This job description, together with the job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Medical Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.
A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide an appropriate clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.
The post-holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.
The post-holder will provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.
The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.
The post-holder will attend cross county and cross site meetings.
To collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.
Person Specification
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a team member
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
- Flexible approach to work duties
- Ability to work without supervision
- Reliable and supportive to other colleagues
- Ability to work antisocial hours
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional or national levels
Research Experience
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative
Desirable
- Publications in relevant peer- reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
- Evidence of having undertaken original research
Experience
Essential
- At least four years full-time or equivalent postgraduate training, at least two of which will be in the relevant specialty training programme, or as a FTSTA. Or equivalent experience and competencies of this specialist training.
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
- Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities.
- Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit.
Desirable
- Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.
Person Specification
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a team member
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
- Flexible approach to work duties
- Ability to work without supervision
- Reliable and supportive to other colleagues
- Ability to work antisocial hours
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional or national levels
Research Experience
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative
Desirable
- Publications in relevant peer- reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
- Evidence of having undertaken original research
Experience
Essential
- At least four years full-time or equivalent postgraduate training, at least two of which will be in the relevant specialty training programme, or as a FTSTA. Or equivalent experience and competencies of this specialist training.
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
- Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities.
- Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit.
Desirable
- Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.
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).
