University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust • Derriford Hospital
Closing on: 31 Jan 2025
VerifiedOphthalmology
Job Highlights
Expected Salary
£93,666 - £126,281
Grade
Locum Consultant
Location
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Specialisation
Ophthalmology
Job Summary
This is a full-time post and may include general as well as specialist clinics, cataract surgery
and sub specialist theatre lists. There would be a 1 in 8 general on-call commitment. There
is a separate sub regional vitreoretinal on-call. Shared office space and secretarial support
will be provided for the period of the post.
Patient safety, dignity and care are the highest priority and at the centre of all that we do.
Job Overview
General Duties:
Provide high-quality consultant-delivered care to patients
Provide clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff
Ensure highest standards of clinical care for all patients
Proactively ensure rapid assessment, treatment, and clinical decision-making
Maintain safe quality and performance standards
Provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
Supervise and train junior and specialty doctors
Actively engage in the department's clinical governance agenda
Take on leadership roles to support continuous learning and improvement
Abide by clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust
Liaise with clinicians and managers within and outside the department
Address any issues affecting services
Participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes
Communicate with local General Practitioners (GPs)
Job Plan:
On call: 0.25 PA
Other Responsibilities:
- Junior Staff: Recruitment and educational supervision including educational contracts, regular appraisal, organisation of study leave, annual leave and rotas.
- Budget: Co-operate with the Deputy Medical Director and Divisional General Manager on budget issues.
- Communication: This will include the responsibility for and arrangement of communication and liaison with all other medical and service departments within the Trust as well as other Trusts.
- Teaching: To have an active role in the junior doctor training programme.
Job Overview
General Duties:
Provide high-quality consultant-delivered care to patients
Provide clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff
Ensure highest standards of clinical care for all patients
Proactively ensure rapid assessment, treatment, and clinical decision-making
Maintain safe quality and performance standards
Provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
Supervise and train junior and specialty doctors
Actively engage in the department's clinical governance agenda
Take on leadership roles to support continuous learning and improvement
Abide by clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust
Liaise with clinicians and managers within and outside the department
Address any issues affecting services
Participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes
Communicate with local General Practitioners (GPs)
Job Plan:
On call: 0.25 PA
Other Responsibilities:
- Junior Staff: Recruitment and educational supervision including educational contracts, regular appraisal, organisation of study leave, annual leave and rotas.
- Budget: Co-operate with the Deputy Medical Director and Divisional General Manager on budget issues.
- Communication: This will include the responsibility for and arrangement of communication and liaison with all other medical and service departments within the Trust as well as other Trusts.
- Teaching: To have an active role in the junior doctor training programme.
About Derriford Hospital
University Hospital
Derriford Hospital is the largest specialist teaching hospital in the south west peninsula and the region’s major trauma centre., This is an exciting opportunity to work in the largest hospital Trust in the South West Peninsula. We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the Peninsula Medical School and are rapidly developing as a centre for innovation and research.
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is the largest hospital Trust in the South West Peninsula. We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the Peninsula Medical School and are rapidly developing as a Centre for innovation and research. We employ 6400 staff, have more than 900 beds, and over 48,000 people pass through the main entrance of our hospital in a week. In addition, we have an integrated Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit, which has a staff of approximately 250 military personnel., Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City, occupies a stunning location., UHP has a unique role, one of few trusts in the country to fulfil four distinct roles in the peninsula health and care system – spanning community and social care, mental health, acute and through to specialist and tertiary service
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