Job Description

The successful candidate will join our busy team providing a Consultant Ophthalmology service for inpatients, day cases and outpatients, with continuing responsibility for the patients, their care and the effective running of the department.



This role will also include taking part in the on call rota (1:8).



Interviews to be held on Friday the 12th of September 2025



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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 take equal share in providing subspecialty cover and covering for colleagues during period of absence. This will include electronic triage of referrals.



To take part in the support and training of junior Ophthalmologists and the development and training of medical students and ancillary allied professionals.



To participate fully in the clinical governance activities of the specialty. To attend clinical governance half-days as in the job plan. To undertake annual appraisal leading to revalidation.



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



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 ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Council's published guide "Good Medical Practice" including the Duties of a Doctor.



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#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community



We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.



The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.



Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.



We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.



With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.



We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.



Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?



The department was opened as an NHS Eye Treatment Centre in 2004 adjoining the Day Surgery Unit. The building was planned in close cooperation with the architect by clinicians to provide a first-class environment for staff and patients. The ground floor comprises a cataract unit and a medical retina suite with nurse assessment rooms with IOL masters, an auto refractor, fundus camera and Cirrus OCT. Adjacent to the cataract unit is a large comfortable surgical waiting area leading to the ophthalmic theatre. Theatres are equipped to a high standard with Zeiss microscopes and B&L phacoemulsification machines, one with posterior vitrectomy capability; 99% of surgery including children under GA is conducted as day case work.



Excellent PA support to ensure efficient management of administrative tasks, allowing to focus on patient care and professional development, with designated office space for privacy and convenience, and working alongside with 6 knowledgeable nurse specialists with prescribing training, that offer assistance in clinic settings, addressing patient inquiries, and managing administrative tasks.



The first floor consists of a large waiting and reception area leading on to further waiting areas surrounding the central clinical complex. There are ten consulting rooms arranged in two rows of five separated by a linking corridor. Equipment is to a high standard and includes networked PCs, reclining examination chairs and automated slit lamp platforms. There are three orthoptic rooms and a low visual aid assessment room. There is a visual field room with two Humphrey field analysers and a Goldman perimeter, separate argon and YAG laser rooms, a minor operations theatre and photographic room with fundus camera and Heidelberg FFA / ICG / FAF / OCT.



Behind the main clinical area are the secretaries/consultants' offices, a seminar room and a staff room. Equipment throughout the department is of a high standard with a modern ultrasound, new Argon laser and new Zeiss Cirrus OCT-A machine.



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