Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Ophthalmology department at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for a locum ED clinical Fellow on an initial 12 month contract to support the Emergency services.
The post holder will work with the current body of ophthalmology consultants at WEH and CXH in the ophthalmology directorate of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The department is very busy, seeing over 5000 outpatients a month, and provides a tertiary referral service for West London.
There is a very active research unit: ICORG (Imperial College Ophthalmic Group) which is a part of Imperial College's department of Cancer and Surgery, and the team are actively participating in a number of phase 1 to phase 4 trials including surgical trials.
The post holder will work with the consultants and allied professionals in the emergency ophthalmology department which offers a 24 hour emergency service, 7 days a week to the local population and for complex referred emergency work. The WEH emergency ophthalmology team are part of the Imperial Trauma centre team.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide High Quality Care to Patients in Ophthalmology
- The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.
- 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.
Research, Teaching and Training
- To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director
- Participate in the West London weekly post-graduate ophthalmic teaching.
Performance Management
- To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance.
- To participate in auditing clinical service
Medical Staff Management
- To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
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.
Person Specification
- Ability to work well with medical, nursing, optometry, orthoptic, administrative and managerial colleagues. Commitment to the Trust values: Kind, Collaborative, Expert and Aspirational.
- Ability to practise evidence-based medicine and engage with departmental educational/research activity.
- Understanding of clinical governance, audit, incident reporting and learning from patient-safety events. Willingness to contribute to local audit, QI and pathway improvement
- Ability and willingness to teach medical students, junior doctors, optometrists, nurses and allied health professionals.
- Medical qualification MBBS or equivalent.
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
- Completed a substantial period of ophthalmology training or equivalent experience, normally at least four years.
- Evidence of continued professional development and mandatory training compliance.
- Slit-lamp examination, dilated fundus examination, gonioscopy awareness, tonometry, interpretation of OCT/fundus imaging and formulation of safe management plans.
- Ability to manage common and sight-threatening emergency ophthalmic conditions.
Benefits
- Career development
- Flexible working
- Wellbeing
- Staff recognition scheme
- Optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities