Specialty Doctor for Medical Retina

The post holder's core duties of 10 sessions will be within the Oxford Eye Hospital [KC(O1] and will form a mixture of face to face, virtual and injection clinics. There will be admin time allocated as part of the job plan for administrative duties., The Oxford Eye Hospital works closely with the University of Oxford, thus conferring a wide range of opportunities for collaborations in research and teaching. The postholders would have the opportunity to work within a dynamic consultant team and help develop expansion of community based outreach medical retina clinics. The appointees should have extensive clinical experience including advanced training in MR; experience of working in the NHS; established clinical leadership skills and the ability to develop and innovate new models of patient care. A willingness and ability to help train and mentor ophthalmology trainees and allied health professionals are essential. This post is included in the consultant on call rota., Annual and study leave arrangements must be co-ordinated within the specialty to ensure there is an acceptable level of consultant cover.

• Full GMC with licence to practice
• Shall have full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council; and
• Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme or as a fixed term specialty trainee in medical retina; or
• Shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
Desirable criteria
• DO or equivalent
• MRCOphth or equivalent
• FRCOphth or equivalent, Experience as a Specialty Trainee, Fellow or Specialty Doctor in general Ophthalmology service including Medical Retina.
• Evidence of recent CME activity and satisfactory career progression.
• Ability to make decisions independently
Desirable criteria
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team, Ability to motivate and develop training medical staff and work as a member of a team
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to effectively organize and manage clinical workload
• Undertake effectively the role of a specialty doctor in a large teaching hospital.
• Good personal and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate effectively through good verbal and written skills.
• Evidence of ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels should be highly developed.
• Experience of routine clinical audit
Desirable criteria
• Computing skills: ability to use word processor, spread sheet programme and web browser
• Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
• Involvement in previous research projects in Ophthalmology, Driving Licence, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families., The Oxford Eye Hospital provides medical retina services to the Oxfordshire Population of 738,000. This post holder will provide Specialty Doctor care in medical retina (vascular medical retina and AMD services). The current medical retina team comprises seven other medical retina consultants (some of whom are academic or less than full time), medical retina fellows, several general fellows and optometrists with extended roles. Deanery trainees also work with in the service. The intravitreal injection service is provided largely by allied health professionals. Separate uveitis, ocular oncology, genetics and vitreoretinal services provided at the Oxford Eye hospital are outside the scope of this post., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel. In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.