Consultant Ophthalmologist (locum) General and CataractsNHS

Job summary

To deliver out-patient specialist General and cataract services, and day case cataract surgery at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust.

The post holder will be expected to work with the existing team of professional colleagues and managers in the efficient running and development of the ophthalmology services.

Main duties of the job

Support the department in meeting the challenging key performance indicators.

Deliver agreed standards of care and work to deliver a consultant and specialist delivered service.

Support delivery of activity targets in partnership with Integrated Care Boards and support service developments, where possible.

Allow flexibility through effective prospective cover.

Provide professional supervision, direction and training for junior medical staff/ the wider supporting team.

Take an active role in audit, research, teaching and governance.

Participate in plans to lead to cost efficiencies across the Department.

Contribute to risk management procedures.

Ensure continuing professional development targets are achieved.

Job description

Support the department in meeting the challenging key performance indicators.

Deliver agreed standards of care and work to deliver a consultant and specialist delivered service.

Support delivery of activity targets in partnership with Integrated Care Boards and support service developments, where possible.

Allow flexibility through effective prospective cover.

Provide professional supervision, direction and training for junior medical staff/ the wider supporting team.

Take an active role in audit, research, teaching and governance.

Participate in plans to lead to cost efficiencies across the Department.

Contribute to risk management procedures.

Ensure continuing professional development targets are achieved.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

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