Consultant post in the ophthalmology department at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, with a special interest in paediatric ophthalmology and ocular motility. The work covers specialist care for children and adults across outpatient, diagnostic and surgical pathways, plus leading paediatric and ocular motility services. The department has 18 consultants and a multidisciplinary team, and applicants with another subspecialty are also welcome. Candidates need MRCOphth or FRCOphth, GMC registration and an enhanced DBS check.
What the job involves
- Provide specialist care for children and adults across outpatient, diagnostic and surgical pathways
- Lead paediatric and ocular motility services
- Contribute to theatre activity and clinical decision-making
- Hold paediatric ophthalmology and ocular motility clinics for children and adults
- Teach, supervise and mentor junior doctors, ACPs, nursing staff, orthoptists and optometrists
- Contribute to service development, quality improvement, research and clinical governance
- Carry out audit and research
- Screen for retinopathy of prematurity
- Undertake clinical triage and general ophthalmology
- Provide cataract clinics and surgery, if desired
- Take part in the Consultant Tier 2 non-resident on-call rota, subject to experience and service needs
- Help shape innovative models of care across ophthalmology services
Qualifications
- MRCOphth or FRCOphth or equivalent
Registration & licences
- Registered with the GMC and holding a licence to practise
Experience
- High level of clinical experience and competence across ophthalmology
- Extensive experience and training in assessing and treating patients in general ophthalmology, on-call settings, and paediatric ophthalmology and ocular motility
- Experience of clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff, with enthusiasm for it
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of audit principles and completed audit projects
- Good communication and empathy with patients
- Ability to prioritise, co-ordinate staff and manage high-pressure situations, including clinical crises
Checks & eligibility
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Enhanced DBS disclosure
- Health screening for exposure-prone procedures (EPP clearance) where the area requires it
Other
- Willingness to participate in a multidisciplinary team and share workload
- Ability to integrate a patient's care with many different clinical staff
- Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically and cost-effective care
- Ability to work across the trust's network of services
Nice to have
- Relevant higher degree
- Experience planning or managing paediatric ophthalmology and ocular motility services
- Understanding of current issues and the future direction of ophthalmology
- Recognised management course and evidence of leading others across professions
- Publications, knowledge of research methods and critical appraisal skills
- Training in clinical and educational supervision, a teaching course or a formal teaching qualification
- Evidence of continual learning, innovation and self-awareness
- Word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and browser skills, plus touch typing
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Consultant Ophthalmologist Paediatric Ophthalmology & Ocular Motility in Huddersfield employer: The Methodist Church in Britain
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