The 8 clinical sessions will comprise of 2.5 cataract clinics (face to face & virtual), 2 general clinic, 1.5 cataract surgery list and 2 rapid access clinics. This is an exciting and innovative schedule reflecting new ways of working for the future of ophthalmology. It is expected the successful candidate will lead and work with the multidisciplinary team to develop these services further.
The General and urgent care (Rapid Access Clinic) services at Moorfields Croydon is well established and aim at providing comprehensive ophthalmology diagnostic and treatment for patient with multifactorial eye health issues and eye emergencies. The complex patient demographics and the challenging pathology at patient presentation requires consultant and senior ophthalmic specialist input for a significant amount of the clinical workload. The same applies to the cataract service, which treats surgical cases of high complexity, deriving from this challenging patient population.
The 3 sub-speciality services receive referrals from multiple sources, including A&E, GP, community optometrist and internal referrals from other services within MEH, as well as external providers across the South-East of England and beyond.
The General and Rapid Access services pride ourselves on providing comprehensive ophthalmological services to patients who attend with a multiple array of mixed ophthalmological complaints, ranging from simple dry eye to complex trauma. The Rapid Access clinic has an innovative virtual-triage approach to managing emergency referrals and has a close collaborative relationship with our primary referrers in the community.
At Moorfields, we provide more than just an excellent career and great colleagues to work with. We also offer:
Salary including High-Cost Area Supplement
Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
Free 24/7 independent counselling service
Learning and development opportunities
Easy and quick transport links
A range of attractive benefits and discounts
Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes
Free Pilates classes
Full support and training to develop your skills
Flexible working friendly organisation
And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please see our Moorfields benefits document.
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.
- To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
o Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-attendance rates.
o 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.
o 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 participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
- To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Service 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 Service 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 Service Director.
- To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- 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 Service Director.
- Moorfields is an important research institution and each individual will be expected to contribute to the research and development, teaching and training within the service. As a result the Trust has a policy concerning all intellectual property that may apply to you. The policy can be found in the Medical Staff handbook or copies can be obtained from the HR Department.
- 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 UCL Partners as required.
- To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
- Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
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