Senior Clinical Fellow in Ophthalmology (Oculoplastics & Cataract)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of ophthalmic services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

• Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centers or clinics or other premises as required.
• Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.

The post holder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under aegis of the training plan that that post holder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

The post holder will participate in the general on call rota.

The post holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

There is a contractual obligation on employers to monitor working hours through robust local monitoring arrangements supported by national guidance, and on individual doctors to co-operate with those monitoring arrangements.

All posts and working patterns are under constant review in line with EWTD guidelines

Neither the London Deanery nor the Royal College accredits this post for postgraduate training. However the post holder will be expected to attend and contribute to educational activities e.g. departmental meetings, x-ray meetings, pathology meetings, multidisciplinary meetings, journal clubs etc.

All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal.

The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.

This job description reflects core activities of a post at a particular time. The trust expects that all staff will recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work.

All staff are expected to contribute to the smooth running of their clinical service as required; in particular, to comply with the policies and procedures, Standing Orders and Financial Regulations of the trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

Essential

• GuidanceScore Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise.

Clinical Experience:

Essential

• Clinical ExpPrevious clinical experience in ophthalmology including training in cataract, corneaerience:
• Clinical experience in eye casualty.
• Previous experience of performing laser procedures.
• Able to perform simple cataract surgery unsupervised.

Knowledge & Skills:

Essential

• Previous experience of performing laser procedures.

Management:

Essential

• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management

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.

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

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

London

SE1 9RT

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)