Specialty Doctor Ophthalmology

The Speciality Doctor Ophthalmology post in anterior segment is for a full time 10.0 PA career doctor. The post is for 12 months. This post is suitable for a person who wishes to undertake a range of duties in the Victoria Eye Unit and in our associated peripheral clinics, focusing on glaucoma, cornea and external disease. The degree of responsibility given to the appointed doctor will be commensurate with his/her experience and managed by the clinical lead & consultant ophthalmologists in the Hospital Eye Service
The Victoria Eye Unit is a tight-knit and friendly department based at Wye Valley NHS Trust, serving the county of Herefordshire and surrounding area. We have the largest catchment area of any department within the Trust and serve a population of approximately 250,000.
The department is actively focused on continuous improvement and has well equipped clinics, with fully networked imaging facilities. A comprehensive eye casualty service is provided, and a wide range of ophthalmic surgery is carried out.
The degree of responsibility given to the appointed doctor will be commensurate with his/her experience and managed by the clinical lead & consultant ophthalmologists in the Hospital Eye Service. The timetable will necessarily be flexible to fit with the needs of the service, out of hours commitment is not expected. An example timetable is included purely for guidance and details will be altered depending on skills and experience of the individual, needs of the department, and the number of sessions contracted for. Experience in delivering intra-vitreal injections such as Lucentis would be an advantage. Applications will be considered from candidates wishing to work part-time.
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.
The appointee will work in hospital and community clinics within Herefordshire and see new and old patients, following protocols and patient referral and treatment pathways.
The appointee will be involved in the training and supervision of junior members of medical staff, nursing and technical.
The appointee will be expected to have good working knowledge of general ophthalmic diagnoses that might be encountered in practice. Evidence based and protocol based decision making is expected, under the supervision of the consultant or clinical lead.
The appointee will be expected to have or develop other skills of benefit to the acute trust such as Lucentis clinic work and minor operations. Appropriate evidence based and protocol based decision making is expected, under the supervision of the consultant or clinical lead.
Quality assurance, medical audit and continuing postgraduate education will be an important function of the post and time will be set aside on the timetable for this. Study leave will be available to enable the post holder to attend meetings and courses in keeping with CME requirements and subject to the conditions of the Trust’s Medical Study Leave Policy.
There will be no on-call duties, although on occasion there will be opportunities for ‘locum’ on-call work as the need arises.
The appointee undertakes, exceptionally, to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstance
The appointee is expected to keep up-to-date with current clinical practice, and may make arrangements to attend local departmental teaching meetings where these fit with their timetable and duties. The post holder is also expected to attend national and international meetings to update on general and specialist ophthalmology.