Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist in Adenxal- Stratford and City Road

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist within the Adnexal Service at Stratford and City Road sites on a fixed term basis for 12 months. This full-time consultant post offers 8 programmed activities to provide direct clinical care within the Adnexal service and 2 SPAs.
The Moorfields at Stratford site opened in March 2023 and the successful post holder will be responsible for the first adnexal service at the new site, and the clinical leadership that will come with standing up the service. The post holder will also work at City Road within the established adnexal service in both consultant-led clinic and minor ops theatre.
A proposed timetable will be agreed with the Service Director and then be incorporated into the successful applicant's contract. The timetable/programme may change with time depending on the specialist expertise of the post holder, the needs of the hospital and the service demands.
Supervision and teaching of junior staff will be required as well as administrative responsibilities of the ST teaching and training., Provide High Quality Care to Patients
+ The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
+ To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
+ To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
+ To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
Performance Management
+ To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
+ Clinical efficiency e.g. timeliness indicators, clinical indicators and the development of ambulatory pathways.
+ Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-attendance rates.
+ Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
+ Operational efficiency e.g. demand management.
Medical Staff Management
+ To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors' hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.
+ To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments
+ To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.
+ To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
+ To be engaged in the process of annual appraisal and revalidation of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/Divisional Manager.
Governance
+ To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
+ Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
+ To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
+ Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
+ To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
+ To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
+ To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Strategy and Business Planning
+ To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
+ To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.
Leadership and Team Working
+ To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.
+ To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Partners as required.
+ To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
+ To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
+ Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
+ To perform in a leadership capacity for the adnexal service set up and running from a clinical perspective at Moorfields at Stratford.
Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, completion of a satisfactory DBS disclosure and two references. We do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts, so please consider this before applying.
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our organisational culture. As part of our pledge to take positive action in recruitment we encourage applications from under-represented candidates including BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) and Disabled candidates as we work towards a representative workforce that is able to provide the quality, the dignity and respect and to deliver above and beyond.
Moorfields is a flexible working friendly organisation, and we are committed to helping our employees achieve a work-life balance that is beneficial for health and wellbeing, motivation levels and job satisfaction. Every employee of the Trust has the right to request to work flexibly. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
If we receive sufficient applications, we will close this ad prior to the closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying or would like an accessible version of any recruitment documents, please contact the recruitment team at [email protected].

The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice. They will need to have experience in the management of oculoplastic, orbital, and lacrimal conditions. The post holder must have completed at least 12 months of a post CCT Ocular-Plastics fellowship.

We are Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Founded in 1804, Moorfields Eye Hospital is a world-class centre of excellence for eye health services, ophthalmic research, and education.
With more than 2,300 staff we are proud to be supported by one of the most diverse workforces in the NHS. Every year we treat more than 700,000 patients at City Road in central London and at our 22 satellites sites, and, in partnership with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre we lead one of the most impactful ophthalmic research programmes in the world.
We train many of the leading eye care clinicians in the UK and internationally and have a global reputation for quality and professionalism in ophthalmic care. In addition, we also operate commercial divisions that provide care to private patients in both London and the Middle East.
This is an exciting time to join Moorfields. The pandemic fast-tracked a huge amount of innovation which is changing the way we work and deliver care. Construction is under way on Oriel, our new eye care, research, and education centre being built in Camden. The new centre will be flexible and modern, enabling us to bring together healthcare, eye research and education under one roof for the first time.
If you want to be part delivering world class eye health services and you share our values: excellence, equity, and kindness, then we would love to hear from you!, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of eye health services in the UK and a world-class centre of excellence for ophthalmic research and education. We have a reputation, developed over two centuries, for providing the highest quality of ophthalmic care. Our staff are committed to sustaining and building on our pioneering legacy and ensuring we remain at the cutting edge of developments in ophthalmology.
Moorfields have contracts with over 80 primary care trusts across the country, making us a truly national centre for eye care.
We have recently completed the development of our 10-year clinical strategy - Our Vision of Excellence, which continues to develop our networked model of service delivery for hospital and community based care.