Job summary
This post will be fixed term until 31 March 2025 to cover Maternity Leave on the Ophthalmology specialty registrar rota. The post holder will attend Macular clinics, laser clinics and on call casualty clinics, theatres and participate in the on call rota.
Sessions include:
1. Theatre Sessions
2. Outpatient clinics
3. Visiting other units subject to approval by supervising consultant and clinical director
Main duties of the job
The jobholder must comply at all times with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the Trust's Risk Incident Reporting System.
The jobholder is required to abide by the Trust's policies and procedures and to actively support the Trust's commitment to equality and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services. All patients, staffand visitors must be treated equitably, with dignity and respect taking into account their race, gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexuality etc".
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
4. We value people
5. We are one team
6. We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
All employees have a responsibility to promote sustainability and carbon reduction within the Foundation Trust adhering to our Sustainable Development Strategy and therefore ensuring that all our business is conducted in a sustainable manner.
All employees have a personal responsibility to comply with Trust and departmental Infection Prevention and Control policies to protect their own health, the health of patients, visitors and other employees and to prevent health care associated infections. This includes a requirement to maintain a safe, clean and tidy work environment and to complete mandatory Infection Prevention and Control Training as provided by the Foundation Trust. All clinical staff must ensure rigorous and consistent compliance with standard infection control precautions including Hand hygiene, dress code and use of personal protective equipment and other clinical care policies and protocols applicable to infection prevention and control. Employees are required to challenge poor performance or poor practice in relation to infection prevention and report any breaches using relevant Trust procedures such as the Incident reporting system.
All employees have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. The postholder will be responsible for ensuring they undertake the appropriate level of training in accordance with the safeguarding policy training strategy and that they are aware of and work within the safeguarding policies of the Trust
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
7. Previous experience relevant to the specialty
8. Applicant knowledge is up to date and is fit to practise safely Commitment for managing professional development
9. Clinical governance / audit experience
10. Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk
11. Out of hours experience relevant to job.
12. Experience in the specialty beyond ST3 or equivalent
Skills
Essential
13. Practical skills in relation to the speciality
14. Proven ability to work in different clinical settings
15. Clear communication skills
16. Organisation and planning
17. Empathy and sensitivity
18. All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues demonstrated by one of the following: -that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or -have achieved the following scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application - Overall 7, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7. IELTS certificate to be presented at interview. If applicants believe they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into one of these examples they must provide supporting evidence
Desirable
19. Interest in teaching and management
20. Multilingual
Knowledge
Essential
21. Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
22. Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
23. Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
24. Acute care safe - up to date ALS
25. Relevant specialty clinical knowledge
Desirable
26. Specialist Knowledge Exam
27. ALS Instructors Certificate
Qualifications
Essential
28. MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
29. Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
30. Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by the time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
31. Evidence of achievement of ST1 / CT1 competencies in the specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST2 / CT2 competences in specialty by the start date of the post [In some specialties this level of specialty or core training may not provide the right skills to perform effectively in a specialty doctor post].
32. Specialty specific requirements eg MRCP, FRCS, etc where appropriate