Specialty Doctor in Ophthalmology

6 days ago

Romford, United Kingdom Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Ophthalmology department at BHRUT as a Specialty Doctor in Glaucoma, to work with the team to develop and streamline our services. We warmly welcome you to our busy and dynamic team, which delivers a comprehensive and specialised Ophthalmology service to a population of over 750,000. Our team boasts of highly experienced specialists in Medical Retina, Cornea, Paediatrics , Neuro-Ophthalmology , Glaucoma and Oculoplastics. We have a close working relationship with other specialties within the Trust that further support the service.

To support our team, we have an efficient, innovative and well led nursing, Orthoptic and Optometrist teams.This role is part time 0.80WTE primarily this role covers patients that have at their diagnostics at the Barking Hospital CDC as well as supporting eye casualty. We are looking for a team player, keen to develop and take an active part in improving patient pathways and experience.

Main duties of the job

Have a continuing responsibility for the clinical care of patients in his/her charge and for the proper functioning of the department.Deliver a high-quality, responsive ophthalmological service to the patients who use it.Be responsible for providing appropriate inpatient cover when requiredUndertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of a clinical department.Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current clinical practice and use of equipment.Maintain his/her professional development with all available training opportunities and ensure compliance with mandatory trainingDetailed job description and main responsibilitiesThe main duties of the applicant include supporting the Medical Retina and/or Glaucoma teams. You will report to your responsible consultant and will be expected to work as a part of a team and provide support to the junior members of staff. Launching our new Clinical Diagnostic Hub (CDC) in Barking Community Hospital is an exciting project that you will be involved in during its inception and implementation this autumn. We will support the appointee fully in their career progression.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A& E performance in 2023/24 we're no longer in special measures and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A& Es in 2023.

Patients across northeast London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

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