Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant in Ophthalmology
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Consultant Role
The Consultant role is required to provide outpatient clinics, operating sessions, and on-call cover as part of a rota. The role is to work independently and autonomously, whilst also working as part of the wider Ophthalmology team with Consultant and Specialist colleagues, nursing, AHP, and admin staff.
The post appointee will undertake 10 PAs each week as per the job plan provided, but these will be flexible to meet the needs of the service.
This post will have a speciality interest in neuro-ophthalmology and strabismus and lead for paediatric ophthalmology in the unit.
Interview date to be confirmed.
Outpatients
- Carry out independent outpatient clinics based on appropriate skills and experience. Clinics will include neuro-ophthalmology and strabismus and paediatric ophthalmology. The number of clinics will be negotiated.
- MDT approach from Nurses, Doctors, ANPs, Optometrists, Technicians and Orthoptists.
- Supervision of AHP in delivered clinics e.g. optometry disc assessment, orthoptic shared care neuro-ophthalmology.
- The unit uses Open Eyes (Electronic Patient Record) to store, report and record all activity.
- Provide clinical supervision of medical staff (ST1 to 8) as a shared responsibility with other senior medical colleagues.
- To participate in the provision of cover on a shared basis with colleagues when unforeseen short notice absences occur.
- May be required to cover for absent colleagues, and exceptionally to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances to ensure the safe running of the Department.
- It is expected that all administrative work is completed to a high standard and in a timely fashion.
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Inpatients
- All Ophthalmic elective procedures are done as day case with hardly any admissions for overnight stay.
- There are some occasions where inpatient management is needed for emergency cases or patients who present with acute medical condition requiring overnight stay.
On-Call Rota
- The candidate is expected to support the second on-call rota, as part of the fair and consistent distribution of duties between staff.
About the Trust
We have a long and proud history of caring for generations of local people and can trace our roots all the way back to 1814 with the first hospital in Bolton – the Bolton Dispensary in the town centre.
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 310,000+ people.
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The Royal Bolton Hospital is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women’s and children’s services and is the busiest single ambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester. We’re structured in four clinical divisions – Community Services, Families and Diagnostics, Medicine, and Surgery and are led by a Board of Directors. As an NHS Foundation Trust we’re accountable to our members and have a Council of Governors to represent the views of patients, public, staff and partners.
Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 6,718 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kath Smyth
- Job title: Consultant
- Email address: kath.smyth@boltonft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01204 390390
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