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Employer Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Chelsea and Westminster

Town London

Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum

Salary period Yearly

Closing 12 / 02 / 2025 23 : 59

Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist

NHS Medical & Dental : Consultant

Job overview

The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a Consultant in Paediatric Ophthalmology (substantive post). The appointment will be 6.5 PA’s with a permanent contract.

The Paediatric Ophthalmology service is run within West London Children’s Healthcare. The department has 2 Consultants, 2.2 WTE orthoptists (of which 1.8 WTE are Paediatric Orthoptists), and 0.8 Optometrists who provide a refraction and contact lens service for both paediatric and adult patients.

We work closely with the department of Adult Ophthalmology, which is part of the surgical directorate. There are 5 Consultants, one specialty doctor, and 1 Oculoplastics Fellow. The department is fully equipped with facilities for anterior and posterior segment laser, fluorescein and ICG angiography, Spectralis OCT, Zeiss Clarus fundus camera, minor ops, and intraocular and extraocular surgery. The department has excellent multidisciplinary links with the HIV unit, the Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery Units, and the Beta Cell unit for Diabetes and Endocrinology.

Main duties of the job

This is a 6.5 PA post for a Consultant in Paediatric Ophthalmology, to join the existing team of 1 Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist, 2.2 WTE Orthoptists, and 0.8 WTE Paediatric Optometrists.

Candidates must have been trained in Paediatric Ophthalmology. The post holder will jointly supervise and support and be responsible for maintaining and advancing the department’s existing reputation for clinical excellence.

The aim is to provide patients and families with the highest possible standards of diagnosis, treatment, and care. There is close collaboration with other paediatrician colleagues and other specialty teams, nursing, and allied health professionals in caring for children and their families. This is to ensure we deliver a seamless and excellent multi-disciplinary service in a child and family-centred way using all available expertise.

There is a regional on-call commitment at Western Eye Hospital (1 : 30) with an on-call supplement of 1%.

Working for our organisation

We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency, and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We’re one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well-led, giving us an overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £30 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW and generous donors.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for detailed job description and responsibilities.

Person specification

Trust Values

Putting patients first
Responsive to, and supportive of, patients and staff
Open, welcoming and honest
Unfailingly kind, treating everyone with respect, compassion, and dignity
Determined to develop our skills and continuously improve the quality of care

Education and Qualifications

Full GMC Registration MBBS or equivalent

FRCOphth or equivalent

On GMC Specialist Register in Ophthalmology via one of the following : a. Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b. Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) CCT in Ophthalmology with a special interest in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

BSc, MD or other

Experience

Subspecialist training in Paediatric Ophthalmology

Wide range of experience including retinopathy of prematurity screening, paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus surgery

Experience of teaching to meet the requirements of junior doctors and nurses

Evidence of continuing medical education (existing consultants must demonstrate active participation in CPD)

Specific area of interest within paediatric ophthalmology

Skills and Knowledge

Solid understanding of the Clinical Governance agenda

IT proficiency including, email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Evidence of effective audit leading to change

Evidence of significant contribution to the Clinical Governance Agenda particularly CNST preparation

Advanced IT skills

Coaching skills

Research

Demonstrates an understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research

Experience of implementing evidence-based changes in practice

Evidence of recent or ongoing research

Evidence of experience in supervising juniors doing research

A higher research degree

Peer-reviewed publications

Other competencies

Excellent communication and influencing skills

Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.

Managing self effectively

Ability to plan ahead whilst being innovative and flexible in their approach.

Demonstrable evidence of being able and willing to understand the Trust values of respect, kindness, excellence, and safety with behaviour that reinforces these values.

Teaching, Training, Management

Experience of undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training

A good understanding of the role of clinical management

Evidence of contribution in the development of new clinical services

Medical Education or Adult Education Training

Management Training Course

Important

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.

If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.

In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.

During the recruitment process your identity documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.

Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six-month probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Salary : $105,504 - $139,882

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