Consultant Ophthalmologist with an interest in Accident and Emergency

Consultant Ophthalmologist with an interest in Accident and Emergency Reading, England

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time Reading, England 88364 - 119133 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

To provide Ophthalmology services with a special interest in Accident and Emergency Ophthalmology in both inpatient and outpatient settings. We are keen to develop new ways of working some which may have been learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic period aiming to reduce footfall in a walk in casualty and we need innovative leadership to do this.

To provide enthusiastic clinical leadership for the A & E Ophthalmology services, including responsibility for supervision of junior medical staff and teaching, training and assessment of medical, nursing and allied health professional staff within the service.

Successful applicants will be invited to a simulation assessment on Thursday 20th April 2023 and a panel interview on Monday 8th May 2023.
1. To provide Ophthalmology services with a special interest in A&E Ophthalmology in both inpatient and outpatient settings. We are keen to develop new ways of working some which may have been learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic period aiming to reduce footfall in a walk in casualty and we need innovative leadership to do this.
2. To provide enthusiastic clinical leadership for the A and E Ophthalmology services, including responsibility for supervision of junior medical staff and teaching, training and assessment of medical, nursing and allied health professional staff within the service.
3. To provide ophthalmology services in an additional sub-specialty area if desired by the applicant. The subspecialty should complement either acute ophthalmology care or other the wider department.
4. To liaise with the community providers and deliver integrated primary care services to support eye casualty.
5. To liaise with other specialty services such as Neurology, Stroke teams, Orthoptists and paediatricians, Radiology, Maxillofacial to provide optimal pathways for patient care and review
6. To innovate virtual working methods for general clinic patients
7. To deliver high volume cataract lists and support surgical training in the department.
8. To provide on-call cover for Ophthalmology services on an approximately 1 in13
9. To assess performance against national standards quarterly and identify areas requiring improvement.
10. To ensure that all clinical information systems are completed appropriately.

The Ophthalmology Department is part of the Head and Neck Directorate, which is part of the Planned Care Group.

The department undertakes approximately 7000 day-case procedures and provides approximately 100,000 outpatient attendances and over 20,000 Eye Casualty attendances per annum, serving a population of approximately 1 million.

At the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading the service is located in the Eye Block and includes the Eye Outpatient Department and the dedicated Eye Day Case Unit. Inpatient care is provided on Dorrell Ward which provides care for Head and Neck patients. There are dedicated eye theatres.

The Prince Charles Eye Unit in Windsor is on the site of the King Edward VII Hospital. There are two fully commissioned ophthalmic theatres within the unit undertaking day case admissions and minor operations.

Ophthalmic Accident and Emergency services are provided in both the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Prince Charles Eye Unit, adjacent to the clinics. In addition, there are dedicated intra-vitreal injection treatment suites on both sites. The Orthoptic departments and departmental secretarial services are located close by.

The West Berkshire Community Hospital in Newbury provides dedicated eye outpatient clinic facilities and theatres.

Clinical Responsibilities:
1. To provide Ophthalmology services with a special interest in Accident and Emergency Ophthalmology in both inpatient and outpatient settings. We are keen to develop new ways of working some which may have been learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic period aiming to reduce footfall in a walk in casualty and we need innovative leadership to do this.
2. To provide enthusiastic clinical leadership for the A and E Ophthalmology services, including responsibility for supervision of junior medical staff and teaching, training and assessment of medical, nursing and allied health professional staff within the service.
3. To provide ophthalmology services in an additional sub-specialty area if desired by the applicant. The subspecialty should complement either acute ophthalmology care or other the wider department.
4. To liaise with the community providers and deliver integrated primary care services to support eye casualty.
5. To liaise with other specialty services such as Neurology, Stroke teams, Orthoptists and paediatricians, Radiology, Maxillofacial to provide optimal pathways for patient care and review
6. To innovate virtual working methods for general clinic patients
7. To deliver high volume cataract lists and support surgical training in the department.
8. To provide on-call cover for Ophthalmology services on an approximately 1 in13
9. To assess performance against national standards quarterly and identify areas requiring improvement.
10. To ensure that all clinical information systems are completed appropriately.

Consultant Ophthalmologist with an interest in Accident and Emergency
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk
Reading, United Kingdom
Steve McManus
Unknown / Non-Applicable
5001 to 10000 Employees
Hospital
Healthcare Services & Hospitals
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