Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £93,666.00 to £126,281.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £93666.00 - £126281.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 May 2024 |
| Location: | Reading, RG1 5AN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9193-24-0521 |
Summary
To provide, Ophthalmology services with a special interest in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus in both in-patient and outpatient settings. To provide clinical leadership for the Paediatric Ophthalmology services, including responsibility for supervision of junior medical staff and teaching, training and assessment of medical, nursing and allied health professional staff within the service. To lead the retinopathy of prematurity services to ensure protocols and standards are within national requirements To liaise with other specialty services, within and beyond the Trust, such as Neurology, Stroke teams, Orthoptists and paediatricians, Radiology, Maxillofacial to provide optimal pathways for patient care and review To innovate virtual working methods for general clinic patients To provide on-call cover for Ophthalmology services on an approximately 1 in 13 rota. To assess performance against national standards quarterly and identify areas requiring improvement. To ensure that all clinical information systems are completed appropriately.