MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties:

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice.
• To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Performance Management

• To work with medical, nursing, and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
  • Clinical efficiency e.g. timeliness indicators, clinical indicators, and the development of ambulatory pathways.
  • Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-attendance rates.
  • Financial management e.g. identification, implementation, and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
  • Operational efficiency e.g. demand management.

Medical Staff Management

• To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors’ hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.
• To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments.
• To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.
• To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
• To be engaged in the process of annual appraisal and revalidation of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows, and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/Divisional Manager.

Governance

• To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
• Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting, and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
• To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
• Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
• To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
• To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
• To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

Strategy and Business Planning

• To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
• To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.

Leadership and Team Working

• To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust, and when participating in national or local initiatives.
• To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Partners as required.
• To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
• To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
• Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
• To perform in a leadership capacity for the adnexal service set up and running from a clinical perspective at Moorfields at Stratford.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• FRCOphth / MRCOphth or equivalent ophthalmic qualification.
• CCT in Ophthalmology or equivalent ophthalmic training (or be within 6 months of CCT date).
• Full GMC Registration (with a ‘Licence to Practise’).
• Be on or eligible for the GMC specialist register, or be within 6 months of entry.

Desirable criteria

• Higher Degree (e.g. MD or PhD)

Experience

Essential criteria

• One year of fellowship training in Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital disease or equivalent.
• Be near to OR completed Higher Specialist Training in Ophthalmology.
• Awareness of current issues affecting the NHS.
• Should have received training in clinical supervision as defined by the GMC.

Desirable criteria

• Experience at Consultant level in oculoplastics, lacrimal, and orbital.
• Should have received training in educational supervision as defined by the GMC.
• Attended clinical leadership training.
• Multidisciplinary teaching experience.

Skills And Abilities

Essential criteria

• Audit & research skills.
• Excellent teaching & presentation skills.
• Ability to lead & coordinate teams.
• Demonstrable competence in oculoplastic within a tertiary centre setting.

Desirable criteria

• Management skills & experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Subspecialty Fellowship in Adnexal or equivalent.
• Involvement in clinical leadership roles such as participation in QIPP projects & service improvement projects.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of public & patient engagement.
• Clinical leadership and management experience in developing and delivering new services and educational programmes.
• Management innovation experience.

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, completion of a satisfactory DBS disclosure, and two references. We do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts, so please consider this before applying.

Our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion is at the heart of our organisational culture. As part of our pledge to take positive action in recruitment, we encourage applications from under-represented candidates including BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) and Disabled candidates as we work towards a representative workforce that is able to provide the quality, the dignity, and respect and to deliver above and beyond.

Moorfields is a flexible working-friendly organisation, and we are committed to helping our employees achieve a work-life balance that is beneficial for health and wellbeing, motivation levels, and job satisfaction. Every employee of the Trust has the right to request to work flexibly. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

If we receive sufficient applications, we will close this ad prior to the closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting