Consultant Ophthalmologist with special interest in Glaucoma in City of London

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley. We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

The individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff (medical and non‑medical). The post holder will work within the multi‑disciplinary teams providing and further developing elective and emergency care for ophthalmology patients within the general and subspecialty services, focusing on the provision and development of the glaucoma service to King’s patients.

• Provide specialist Consultant leadership, expertise and support to King’s glaucoma service.
• Develop and provide outpatient and surgical services for glaucoma patients from complex to routine.
• Commitment to the new community based glaucoma monitoring service with involvement in development, training, supervision and virtual case review.
• Work with local clinical commissioning groups to devise appropriate patient care pathways and services in primary care.
• Perform high volume cataract surgery.
• Contribute to the strategic development of the glaucoma service across all King’s sites in collaboration with other King’s glaucoma specialists.

The timetable advertised, whilst indicative, is a fair representation of the needs of the service at this current time; however, reasonable adjustments will be considered. If there are any aspects of the advertised job plan/timetable that you wish to discuss, please feel free to contact Danielle Moore or Eoin O’Sullivan.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum. Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King’s College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon. We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year. We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recognised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato‑oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.

• Provide a service for Ophthalmology patients across all sites, including all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department.
• Shared responsibility with the other Consultants for providing 24 hour, 7 day a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis.
• Responsible for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short‑term sickness.
• Provide clinical supervision of junior staff (medical and non‑medical) as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
• Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Divisional management team.
• Contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
• Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.
• Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the department’s/Division’s Business Plan.
• Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
• Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.
• Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced.
• Undertake Divisional management duties as agreed with the Divisional/departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
• Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies.
• Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence‑based practice and maintaining patient safety.

You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold a Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent to be eligible for interview. The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0‑18 years), therefore 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

• Qualifications: FRCOphth / MRCOphth or equivalent, Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD).
• Registration: Full Registration with GMC, Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.
• Training and Experience: Wide experience in all aspects of Ophthalmology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC, Advanced subspecialty training in Glaucoma, Competence in performing high volume and complex cataract surgery.
• Administration: Experience in day‑to‑day organisation of services in a busy Teaching Hospital, Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills, Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
• Management and Leadership: Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi‑disciplinary teams, Management course and/or qualification.
• Audit and Quality Improvement: Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit, Must have undertaken and completed audit projects, Audit Publications.
• Research and Publications: Experience of clinical research, Publication of relevant review articles or case reports, Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Ophthalmology.
• Teaching: Experience of undergraduate and post‑graduate teaching and exam preparation, Teaching skills course/qualification.

IMPORTANT: Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert. Please provide email addresses for referees where possible. Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy. All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role. Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.