About the role
Salary: £109022.40 to £144546.24
The post is comprised of 9.11 programmed activities (PAs), of which 6.56 provide direct clinical care (DCC), 1 DCC (Patient Administration), 0.05 DCC for the on-call rota, and 1.5 are for supporting professional activities (SPAs).
Delivery of direct clinical care within the services managed, including the treatment of routine and urgent cases and management of clinically complex or sight threating conditions. This will include supporting with triage, assessment, and review of patients.
On the day leadership and management of the department, including supervising junior medical staff, nurse practitioners and AHP colleagues, and supporting with operational management decisions to ensure the smooth running of the department and delivery against operational targets.
Contribution to continuous service development and improvement, engagement in audits, and supporting robust clinical governance.
Providing appropriate training and teaching to staff, supporting their professional development.
Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to provide specialist advice as required.
Engage in research to stay up to date with current research and drive continuous innovation.
Maintain continuous professional development in line with Royal College of Ophthalmologist requirements.
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