Specialty Doctor Ophthalmology

• Be an active member of the clinical team undertaking outpatient and acute access clinics across a variety of subspecialties within Ophthalmology including medical retina, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, anterior segment, vitreo-retinal and eye casualty
• Provide high quality ophthalmic assessment, treatment and management for service users
• Provide clinical activity that is efficient to optimise access times for patients
• Deal with clinical queries that arise from personal clinical activity and that of peers
• Be aware of clinical governance and clinical risk management and take an active role in their implementation
• Contribute to the learning experience of Specialty Registrar Trainees within the department as well as teaching and training medical and other students as well as other members of the MDT
• Work seamlessly and respectfully as part of the wider team involving other Trust Specialties, nursing, technicians, allied health professions, administrative and theatre staff
• Contribute to academic, audit and clinical governance issues within the department and the Trust
• Organise their workload in a manner that is consistent with good practice as laid out in the Trust's Policy for Management of Waiting Lists and Times

• Fully registered with the GMC
• A number of years full time post graduate training (or equivalent on a part-time or flexible basis), at some of which will be in Ophthalmology
• Wide clinical experience in general ophthalmology
• Experience in dealing with large numbers of outpatients
• Understanding of the role of Clinical Audit within a service

• Post Graduate Diploma in Ophthalmology
• MRCOphth / FRCOphth or equivalent qualification
• Operating skills
• Experience / interest in teaching
• Teaching skill courses
• Relevant experience in undertaking and organising Audit
• Research and publications relevant to post
• Undertaken relevant courses

4% uplift for on-call duties