Locum Consultant in Ophthalmology

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Locum Consultant in Ophthalmology

Based: Glangwili General Hospital

Salary: £94,638 per annum

To provide, with consultant colleagues (as appropriate) a service in Ophthalmology and supporting the development of sub-speciality interest to the hospitals and community so designated with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness. All clinical staff are accountable and responsible for their own clinical competence and should limit their actions to those for which they are deemed competent. Clinical staff are also required to comply with the requirements of their professional organisation regarding supervision. As a senior employee of the Health Board the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Health Board’s patients.

Main duties of the job

The Ophthalmology Service is almost exclusively, outpatient and day care based, with 3 inpatient beds on the adjacent ENT ward. In the south of Hywel Dda University Health Board services are all centralised at Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen with each of the Consultants undertaking outpatient and day case sessions at one or more of the designated local hospitals or outlying clinics.

An innovative Rapid access clinic has been set up at Glangwili to run throughout the day. This is manned predominantly by Speciality doctors in order to cope with the demand of emergency care. Some emergencies are accommodated, where possible, in the other DGH ophthalmology clinics. This service has enabled a much more efficient use of clinics, which previously struggled to cope with acute cases in addition to the appointment based workload.

Diagnostic facilities are available in all three DGH as well as the medical retina unit at Amman Valley Hospital. There are OCTs on every site, but fluorescein angiography is only available at the 3 DGH where suitable emergency back-up is available.

The department has been at the forefront of developing collaborative schemes with primary care. This includes a Glaucoma refinement service through designated optometrists, as well as a cycloplegic refraction scheme. More collaboration is being encouraged through the development of the Wales Eye Care Service.

About Us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest
• Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire
• 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres
• Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services
• Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales
  

Job Description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.

Person Specification

Essential

Qualifications

• GMC Registration and Licence to Practise
• FRCOphth or equivalent
  

Desirable

• Appropriate Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD or MSc or equivalent
• On Specialist Register/SpR due to obtain relevant CCT/CESR(CP) within 6 months of interview
• Experience Commensurate with that of Consultant Status
  

Essential

Clinical Experience

• Broad based experience in Ophthalmology
• Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
• Knowledge and participation in CPD
• Competence in Ophthalmology
• Expertise medical retina
• Able to apply knowledge
• Safe and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge and experience of communicating bad news
• Meet the requirement of the GMC’s Good Medical Practice
  

Desirable

• Experience of NHS
• Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
• Evidence of above average performance
• Additional clinical qualification(s)
  

Clinical Governance

Essential

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
• Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance
  

Desirable

• Knowledge of risk management
• Knowledge of annual job planning/appraisal review process
  

Research

Essential

• Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence so as to improve clinical outcomes
  

Desirable

• Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
• Research degree
  

Teaching

Essential

• Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
• Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff
  

Desirable

• Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
• Training the Trainers experience
  

Management

Essential

• Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
• Willingness to participate in clinical management
  

Desirable

• Evidence of management training
  

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