Job summary
3 x substantive posts available.
The posts are to help further develop the medical retina, uveitis, neuro-ophthalmology; and glaucoma services. Which is the main focus of the posts can depend on the interests of the applicants. There are also opportunities to provide complimentary areas of interest such as retinal genetics, cataract surgery, motility surgery. An interest in being involved in and leading clinical trials would be encouraged. Some emergency, general ophthalmology maybe required depending on agreed job plan. There is a 1:16 on call commitment.
This post will be based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, but may involve clinics and operating at outreach sites. All routine cataract surgery takes place at the Newcastle Westgate Cataract Centre which is a mile from the RVI.
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners on the GMC register. Being eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee would be an advantage.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
The posts are to help further develop the medical retina, uveitis, neuro-ophthalmology and glaucoma services. There are also opportunities to provide complimentary areas of interest such as retinal genetics, cataract surgery, motility surgery. An interest in being involved in and leading clinical trials would be encouraged. Some emergency, general ophthalmology and on call commitment maybe required depending on agreed job plan.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Mr Alan Cunningham, Head of Department via email at alan.cunningham2@nhs.net or Mr. James Talks, Clinical Director via email at james.talks@nhs.net
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical:
- To provide clinical and surgical expertise in line with agreed job plan.
Administrative:
- To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
Teaching:
- To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate ophthalmology teaching programmes.
- To contribute to the training of non-medical practitioners and community optometrists
Research:
- Involvement in trials and establishment of own research encouraged.
Flexibility:
- In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical:
- To provide clinical and surgical expertise in line with agreed job plan.
Administrative:
- To ensure communication with other healthcare professionals occurs in an effective and timely manner.
Teaching:
- To contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate ophthalmology teaching programmes.
- To contribute to the training of non-medical practitioners and community optometrists
Research:
- Involvement in trials and establishment of own research encouraged.
Flexibility:
- In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC Registration
- FRCOphth or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher Degree
- Special skills training in the specialty
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in the specialty
- Evidence of experience in the management of emergency ophthalmic conditions
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Desirable
- Evidence of subspeciality training in a specific area of ophthalmology such as neurophthalmology, medical retina, uveitis glaucoma
- Experience of reporting in virtual clinics such as medical retina/ glaucoma
- Ability to perform surgery including independent cataract lists.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Experience of participation in teaching
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education
- Evidence of experience in training of non-medical practitioners
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
Desirable
- Higher degree
- Publications in the last five years
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC Registration
- FRCOphth or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher Degree
- Special skills training in the specialty
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in the specialty
- Evidence of experience in the management of emergency ophthalmic conditions
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Desirable
- Evidence of subspeciality training in a specific area of ophthalmology such as neurophthalmology, medical retina, uveitis glaucoma
- Experience of reporting in virtual clinics such as medical retina/ glaucoma
- Ability to perform surgery including independent cataract lists.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Experience of participation in teaching
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education
- Evidence of experience in training of non-medical practitioners
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
Desirable
- Higher degree
- Publications in the last five years
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
