Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
• To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Performance Management

To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

• Clinical efficiency e.g. timeliness indicators, clinical indicators and the development of ambulatory pathways.
• Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-attendance rates.
• Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
• Operational efficiency e.g. demand management.

Medical Staff Management

• To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.
• To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments
• To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.
• To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
• To be engaged in the process of annual appraisal and revalidation of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/Divisional Manager.

Governance

• To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
• Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
• To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
• Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
• To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
• To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
• To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

Strategy and Business Planning

• To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
• To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.

Leadership and Team Working

• To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.
• To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Partners as required.
• To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
• To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
• Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• FRCOphth or equivalent
• CCT in Ophthalmology or equivalent ophthalmic training (or be within 6 months of CCT date).
• Full GMC Registration

Desirable

• Higher degree

Further Training and Knowledge

Essential

• One year of fellowship training in Neuro-Ophthalmology / Strabismus or equivalent
• Awareness of current issues affecting the NHS
• Be near to OR completed Higher Specialist Training in Ophthalmology.

Desirable

• Experience at locum consultant / consultant level
• Attended clinical leadership training
• Multidisciplinary teaching experience

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Audit & research skills
• Excellent teaching & presentation skills
• Ability to lead & coordinate teams.
• Demonstrable competence within a tertiary centre setting.

Desirable

• Management skills & experience.

Experience

Essential

• Subspecialty Fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology or equivalent
• Subspecialty Fellowship in Strabismus or equivalent
• Involvement in clinical leadership roles such a participation in QIPP projects & service improvement projects.
• Experience of being on an on call rota
• Experience of managing Ophthalmic emergencies

Desirable

• Experience of public & patient engagement.
• Clinical leadership and management experience in developing and delivering new services and educational programmes.
• Management innovation experience

Personal qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to lead & co-ordinate multidisciplinary teams
• Motivation and commitment to job
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the Division and wider network - managers, medics, nursing and other colleagues.

Desirable

• Experience in organising & managing a busy clinical service

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Moorfields @ St George's Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)