Job overview  

We are looking for a full time Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Glaucoma, to deliver outstanding patient care at our forward- thinking organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative team comprising 16 consultants, specialty and trust grade doctors, fellows, specialty trainees, nurse practitioners, orthoptists, optometrists and a substantial team of ophthalmic nurses, technicians and healthcare assistants.  The department also benefits from an ECLO, two ophthalmology failsafe co-coordinators and a supportive senior management team within the Head and Neck Directorate.

The post is based at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, with sessions also at the Medway Maritime Hospital.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility.  This will include any patients cared for by you personally.

To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care.

To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.

To participate fully in the clinical governance activities of the specialty, appraisal and revalidation. To attend clinical governance half-days as in the job plan.

Working for your organisation

The Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is responsible for the provision of ophthalmology services for the people of Mid and West Kent.General and sub-speciality ophthalmology services are provided at the Eye, Ear, and Mouth Unit (EEMU), a modern, purpose- built facility attached to Maidstone Hospital, with outpatient facilities provided at Medway Maritime, Pembury and Sevenoaks Hospitals in a “hub and spoke” model. 

EEMU has a busy Rapid Access department, optometric and orthoptic departments. There are two dedicated ophthalmic operating theatres at Maidstone and one dedicated theatre at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. With a stable management team we are able to continually improve services and add to the already high levels of equipment provision in our department. We have digital fundal imaging systems linked to all clinical areas, 3 OCT machines, and a corneal topography machine.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To participate actively in departmental audits which may be included in the work you undertake.

To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Council’s published guide “Good Medical Practice” including the Duties of a Doctor.

To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.  To be an active member of the risk management processes of the clinical team and care group. 

To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you have been involved with, assisting the Trust’s corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.

To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Ejaz Ansari

Job title: Clinical Lead for Glaucoma

Email address:  e.ansari@nhs.net