Job summary
Specialty Doctor in Ophthalmology
We would like you to apply to join our remarkable team at the Hull and East Yorkshire Eye Hospital, together with its integrated ward, theatres and clinics.
We're a committed, friendly and dynamic leadership team who'll give you the opportunities to grow your skills and make an impact that gets noticed.
So, whether you're starting out, settling down or simply looking for the next step in your career, there's a role for you here.
Applications are invited for the post of a Specialty Doctor in Ophthalmology.
Main duties of the job
Provision of Ophthalmic Services within the Trust with responsibility for the prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of illness within the Ophthalmology department. Close working with medical, nursing and allied health professionals to assist in providing high quality patient care. The post holder will be accountable to clinical supervisors and Miss Hoda Amin as clinical lead for the department. Administration Duties: These include responsibility for inpatient discharge summaries, outpatient letters etc and the management of other junior staff on the team. Duties other than those clinical duties specified will be in accordance with the Job Plan agreed between the Appointee, the present Consultants and the Chief Executive. The Job Plan allows time for Administration, Teaching and Medical Audit. Participation in audit/appraisal and CME is mandatory under clinical governance/GMC guidance. All clinicians may be required to work on any of the Humberwide partnership Trust's sites and across the seven day period where necessary. Secretarial support and appropriate office accommodation and IT facilities will be provided.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications for this post, we reserve the right to close the advert early.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications for this post, we reserve the right to close the advert early.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oMBBS or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Diploma of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, DRCOphth or FRCS Ophthalmology (Glasgow)
Clinical Experience / Clinical Skills
Essential
- Evidence of ST1 competencies or equivalent in Ophthalmology with prior Glaucoma experience.
- Ability to manage general, emergency, ophthalmic and paediatric problems.
- Ability to record detailed legible medical notes
- Demonstrate evidence based practice
- Particular experience in Glaucoma management
- OCT analysis skills
Desirable
- Experience in Ophthalmic surgery
- Evidence of Glaucoma subspecialty training.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
- Prior use of Medisoft or another electronic patient record
- Ability to use Electronic Patient Record.
Desirable
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full Registration with the GMC
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
- Evidence of participation in audit
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
- Ability to work as a team
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload.
Desirable
- Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oMBBS or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Diploma of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, DRCOphth or FRCS Ophthalmology (Glasgow)
Clinical Experience / Clinical Skills
Essential
- Evidence of ST1 competencies or equivalent in Ophthalmology with prior Glaucoma experience.
- Ability to manage general, emergency, ophthalmic and paediatric problems.
- Ability to record detailed legible medical notes
- Demonstrate evidence based practice
- Particular experience in Glaucoma management
- OCT analysis skills
Desirable
- Experience in Ophthalmic surgery
- Evidence of Glaucoma subspecialty training.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
- Prior use of Medisoft or another electronic patient record
- Ability to use Electronic Patient Record.
Desirable
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full Registration with the GMC
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
- Evidence of participation in audit
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
- Ability to work as a team
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload.
Desirable
- Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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
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).
