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Location
Windsor, Berkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Clinical Responsibilities: To provide Ophthalmology services with a special interest in Accident and Emergency Ophthalmology in both inpatient and outpatient settings. We are keen to develop new ways of working some which may have been learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic period aiming to reduce footfall in a walk in casualty and we need innovative leadership to do this. To provide enthusiastic clinical leadership for the A and E 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 provide ophthalmology services in an additional sub-specialty area if desired by the applicant. The subspecialty should complement either acute ophthalmology care or other the wider department. To liaise with the community providers and deliver integrated primary care services to support eye casualty. To liaise with other specialty services 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 deliver high volume cataract lists and support surgical training in the department. To provide on-call cover for Ophthalmology services on an approximately 1 in13 To assess performance against national standards quarterly and identify areas requiring improvement. To ensure that all clinical information systems are completed appropriately. Management Responsibilities: Active participation in monthly clinical governance/audit and Consultant meetings within the department. Participation in short listing and interviewing doctors joining the department. Performing investigations for serious incidents, and authoring root cause analysis reports. Investigating and responding to departmental complaints within the Trust framework and timelines. Taking on additional roles throughout the Consultant career - to include College Tutor, Educational Supervisor, Clinical lead for clinical Governance and Audit, Departmental Clinical Lead etc. Participation and involvement in meetings and other business plans and development in the Ophthalmology service.
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Salary
£93.67k - £126.28k per annum
