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This post is a 9 fixed clinical session, 40 hours, within Oculoplastics, Uveitis, Medical Retinal Service and Accident and Emergency department in Ophthalmology at Imperial College. The applicant could be employed to work at The Western Eye Hospital, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5YE or Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6.

1. 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.

2.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/Chief of Service.
• Attend and participate in the West London weekly post-graduate ophthalmic teaching by organizing and chairing an allocated session 2-3 times a year.
• To attend weekly medical retina big room meeting every Thursday 12:30-13:15pm
• The selected candidate will also be expected to be involved in three medical retina research projects

3.Performance Management

• To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
• to ensure NICE guideline for Anti-VGF injection is strictly adhered to
• to manage efficiently application of individual funding request
• to participate in auditing clinical service
• to vet fast track referrals to ensure that patients with wet-AMD are seen promptly

4.Medical Staff Management

• To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

• Out-patient care of Uveitis and Medical Retina patients including AMD, Diabetic Retinopathy and other medical retina disorders
• To be involved in Anti-VEGF treatment of Wet AMD and other conditions
• To be involved in Photodynamic therapy and retinal laser therapy
• To undertake A&E sessions at the Western Eye Hospital
• To maintain good communication with GP, optometrists, hospital clinicians and other allied professionals
• To manage Individual Funding Request applications
• To provide teaching to medical students, other junior doctors, optometrists
• To assist in academic and pharmaceutical research activities within the department
• To vet fast-track and routine medical retina referrals
• To assist in the management and development of the clinical service