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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Ophthalmology department at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for a locum consultant to support the A&E and cataract service and support the mutli subspecialty rapid access clinics. 

This post is based in the Ophthalmology directorate across Charing cross and Western Eye Hospital sites and the post holder will work with current body of ophthalmology consultants. The department is very busy, seeing over 50,000 patients across A&E, emergency clinics and cataract clinics. 

The service offers high quality treatment for cataracts as well as emergency care and the successful post holder will also oversee the training of ophthalmology trainees who are suitable to be assigned to support these sessions.  

There is a very active research unit: ICORG (Imperial College Ophthalmic Group) which is a part of Imperial College’s department of Cancer and Surgery and the team are actively participating in a number of phase 1 to phase 4 trials including surgical trials. The successful candidate will provide outpatient clinics, a regular theatre list and will have a regular ED session and emergency clinics.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work across ophthalmology services. 

Main duties for the role will be:

• -       Outpatient clinics  in cataract and subspecialty rapid access clinics
• -       Theatre sessions in high volume cataract theatre
• -       Take part in consultant on call rota
• -       Emergency department sessions 

The WEH ophthalmic emergency department sees approximately 150 patients per day with inpatient care available for those patients who need admission. The department is staffed with North West London Deanery junior and senior trainees, staff grades, associate specialists and nurse practitioners. The successful candidate will be expected to train and mentor all members of the team. The department is also supported by an on-call consultant from the North West London hospitals rota and access to all ophthalmic sub specialty expertise is assured.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.