New Route to Registration ( formerly CESR) supported TED ( Trust employed Dr) specialising in Paediatric and Adult Strabismus Ophthalmology.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Ophthalmology Department are currently seeking candidates for this new substantive post.
This new role is designed to support a doctor applying for specialist registration via the Portfolio Route ( formerly CESR). The successful candidate will be expected to have Level 4 skills in Paediatric and Adult Strabismus but will be supported with this timetable to achieve level 3 in all other SIA.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic Paediatric Ophthalmology service with 1 ½ full time paediatric colleagues.
BHT has worked hard to create a modern Paediatric Ophthalmology service with AHP led clinics and a hub and spoke model allowing patients to be seen routinely at 4 sites with appointments at the hub carefully controlled.
The successful applicant will be responsible for providing a full complement of Paediatric Ophthalmology aspects of the units’ work. This will include ROP screening on the SCBU. The successful candidate will also provide, along with the other Consultants in the Unit, a general Ophthalmology service, the exact nature of which will depend on the skills of the successful candidate. One session per week will be dedicated to paediatric eye emergency work.
Planned AAC Interview Date is Wednesday 9 April 2025
The key duties and responsibilities are: -
• Specialist Paediatric and Adult Strabismus Services ( if skills of successful applicant appropriate)
• General Ophthalmology responsibilities on call
• Outpatient clinics at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe/Amersham General Hospital
• Operating
• Teaching of Oxford deanery trainees and medical students
• Other care of inpatients or outpatients
• Clinical and other administration as required by agreement
• Teaching and training of junior staff and undergraduates
• Participation in Clinical Governance
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Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this post, and contact details can also be found below.
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This advert closes on Sunday 16 Mar 2025