Overview
We are looking to appoint an innovative and high performing Consultant Ophthalmologist specialising in Glaucoma and Medical Retina, providing sub-specialty out-patient clinics and oversee a non-medical injection service.
CHFT’s Glaucoma Service consists of specialist complex clinics, glaucoma standard including virtual review clinics, Optometry led new patient clinics and trained technician diagnostic clinics. Orthoptists, Nurse Practitioners and ACPs also hold glaucoma qualifications and lead IOP Check and Compliance clinics.
The Glaucoma Service runs on 2-stop diagnostics and virtual or face to face review model. Due to the digital maturity of the Trust, virtual reviews can be undertaken off-site to allow for flexible working (work-life balance) and most efficient use of clinical estate within the hospital footprint. Dedicated diagnostics suite for Glaucoma.
For those patients requiring laser treatment, lasers for Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty, YAG laser and most recently Micropulse are available in out-patient settings. For those patients requiring surgery, theatre staff are very familiar with techniques of cyclodiode laser and most recently I-Stent.
The medical retina service continues to transform and initiate new models and pathways of care to meet the needs of the local population by implementing best practice.
To provide specialist Consultant Led out-patient medical retina clinics: Macular, RVO, DMO, Stable macular virtual clinics, and to Support sub-speciality clinics where appropriate and Support Emergency clinics where appropriate.
Responsibilities
* Deliver sub-specialty out-patient clinics in Glaucoma and Medical Retina.
* Oversee the non-medical injection service.
* Manage the 2-stop diagnostic pathway and virtual/face-to-face review model.
* Collaborate with Optometry, Orthoptists, Nurse Practitioners and ACPs who lead IOP Check and Compliance clinics.
* Utilise digital maturity to support off-site virtual reviews and efficient use of clinical space.
* Provide laser treatments in out-patient settings (SLT, YAG, Micropulse) and surgical care (cyclodiode laser, I-Stent) as appropriate.
* Develop and deliver specialist consultant-led outpatient medical retina clinics (Macular, RVO, DMO, stable macular virtual clinics).
* Support sub-speciality and emergency clinics where appropriate.
* Deliver on all degrees of disease management, including glaucoma elective and acute surgery.
* Provide teaching and education to trainees, Trust doctors, Optometrists, Orthoptists and Nurse Practitioners to enhance future models of care.
* Engage with service leads to conduct service improvement, transformation and research.
* Work across CHFT sites and with digital systems (Cerner Millennium EPR, Medisight) to advance departmental digitisation.
Requirements and working patterns
CHFT has two main sites: Ophthalmology based in Acre Mills Out-patients, Huddersfield and Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax. The Trust is highly digitised, with Cerner Millennium EPR since 2017, and uses Medisight across clinical teams.
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