Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist

at  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

This is a full-time (10PAs) substantive Consultant in Ophthalmology with a special interest in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus post.
The successful applicant will work within the multi–disciplinary teams providing elective and emergency care for ophthalmology patients, focusing on the provision and development of the Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus service. The post-holder will work at both the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading and Prince Charles Eye Unit in Windsor.
The appointee will join the existing team to provide specialist care to this growing population of patients, and raise departmental profiles through teaching and education.
Please note the Simulation date is 25th June 2024 and the interview date is 11th July 2024.
The aim of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Ophthalmology Service is to become a leader in the field of Ophthalmology services management and the successful applicant must therefore have the pre-requisite procedural and leadership skills as well as teamwork, drive and ambition to succeed in achieving these goals.
The post holder will share clinical and managerial leadership within the Ophthalmology service with the present consultants. An office base with secretarial and administrative support will be provided.
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.
The outpatient facilities at all sites include up to date equipment; OCT with angiography and autofluorecsence, HRT, anterior and posterior segment photography with FFA and ICG, ultrasound, YAG/SLT and multispot argon lasers, Pentacam scanning and IOL Master biometry.
To provide, Ophthalmology services with a special interest in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus in both in-patient and outpatient settings.
To provide clinical leadership for the Paediatric 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.
To lead the retinopathy of prematurity services to ensure protocols and standards are within national requirements
To liaise with other specialty services, within and beyond the Trust, such as Neurology, Stroke teams, Orthoptists and paediatricians, Radiology, Maxillofacial to provide optimal pathways for patient care and review
To innovate virtual working methods for general clinic patients
To provide on-call cover for Ophthalmology services on an approximately 1 in 13 rota.
To assess performance against national standards quarterly and identify areas requiring improvement.
To ensure that all clinical information systems are completed appropriately

Please refer the Job description for details