Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty Doctor - Eye Emergency & Cornea
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, Mississippi, United States, 38655
Specialty Doctor – Eye Emergency & Cornea
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Main area Ophthalmology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 321‑NOTS‑MS‑7626781
Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £61,542 - £99,216 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/01/2026 23:59
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises of four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this
Delivering Compassionate Excellence
and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values‑based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
Applications are invited for the newly created post of Specialty Doctor in Cornea and Emergency Eye Care at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals Trust. We are looking to make a substantive appointment to the Eye Hospital team with the aim to provide consistency and stability to the workforce and offer the post holder the opportunity to develop existing clinical skills and autonomy.
Main duties of the job The minimum requirement for this post is 10 sessions. The principal purpose of the post will be to support the general clinical activity and sub‑speciality activity in Cornea and the Eye Emergency Department.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical
The post holder’s core duties of 10 sessions will be within the Oxford Eye Hospital and will form a mixture of eye casualty and corneal clinics. There will be necessary time for administrative duties.
Teaching
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a world‑renowned teaching hospital, and the post holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students and training junior doctors.
Research
It is expected that the successful applicant will support any research being undertaken in the department.
Clinical Governance
The post‑holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trusts, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
The post‑holder will be required to keep fully up to date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust.
Management
The post‑holder will be required to work within the Trusts’ management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trusts are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trusts.
Person specification
Qualifications
Full registration and licence to practice with GMC
At least 4 years post‑grad training in a relevant specialty
MRCOphth or equivalent
FRCOphth or equivalent
Experience
Experience as a specialty trainee or specialty doctor in general ophthalmology, including clinic and surgery
Evidence of recent CME activity and satisfactory career progression
Ability to make independent decisions
Previous eye casualty and cornea experience
Skills and knowledge
Ability to motivate and develop trainee medical staff
Work independently and effectively organise/manage clinical workload
Undertake the role of specialty doctor in a large teaching hospital
Good personal and interpersonal skills
Effective communication – verbal and written
Experience of clinical audit
Experience teaching undergraduates
Involvement in previous ophthalmology research projects
Other
Full driving licence
COVID‑19 : The COVID‑19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and, of course, our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID‑19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and support those who may be undecided about vaccination.
All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e‑recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web‑based email products.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles. The Trust promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
If you have any doubts about any correspondence around recruitment, please contact us.
Contact: Mrs Stella Hornby, Consultant Ophthalmologist, stella.hornby@ouh.nhs.uk
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Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £61,542 - £99,216 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/01/2026 23:59
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises of four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this
Delivering Compassionate Excellence
and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values‑based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
Applications are invited for the newly created post of Specialty Doctor in Cornea and Emergency Eye Care at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals Trust. We are looking to make a substantive appointment to the Eye Hospital team with the aim to provide consistency and stability to the workforce and offer the post holder the opportunity to develop existing clinical skills and autonomy.
Main duties of the job The minimum requirement for this post is 10 sessions. The principal purpose of the post will be to support the general clinical activity and sub‑speciality activity in Cornea and the Eye Emergency Department.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical
The post holder’s core duties of 10 sessions will be within the Oxford Eye Hospital and will form a mixture of eye casualty and corneal clinics. There will be necessary time for administrative duties.
Teaching
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a world‑renowned teaching hospital, and the post holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students and training junior doctors.
Research
It is expected that the successful applicant will support any research being undertaken in the department.
Clinical Governance
The post‑holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trusts, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
The post‑holder will be required to keep fully up to date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust.
Management
The post‑holder will be required to work within the Trusts’ management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trusts are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trusts.
Person specification
Qualifications
Full registration and licence to practice with GMC
At least 4 years post‑grad training in a relevant specialty
MRCOphth or equivalent
FRCOphth or equivalent
Experience
Experience as a specialty trainee or specialty doctor in general ophthalmology, including clinic and surgery
Evidence of recent CME activity and satisfactory career progression
Ability to make independent decisions
Previous eye casualty and cornea experience
Skills and knowledge
Ability to motivate and develop trainee medical staff
Work independently and effectively organise/manage clinical workload
Undertake the role of specialty doctor in a large teaching hospital
Good personal and interpersonal skills
Effective communication – verbal and written
Experience of clinical audit
Experience teaching undergraduates
Involvement in previous ophthalmology research projects
Other
Full driving licence
COVID‑19 : The COVID‑19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and, of course, our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID‑19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and support those who may be undecided about vaccination.
All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e‑recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web‑based email products.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles. The Trust promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
If you have any doubts about any correspondence around recruitment, please contact us.
Contact: Mrs Stella Hornby, Consultant Ophthalmologist, stella.hornby@ouh.nhs.uk
#J-18808-Ljbffr