Locum Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist

Job overview

The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a Locum Consultant in Paediatric Ophthalmology. The appointment will be 5.25 PAs for a 6 month period on a fixed-term contract.

The Paediatric Ophthalmology service is run within West London Children’s Healthcare. The department has 2 Consultants, 2.2 WTE orthoptists (of which 1.8 WTE are Paediatric Orthoptists), and 0.8 Optometrists who provide a refraction and contact lens service for both paediatric and adult patients. The service sits within the Acute and General Paediatrics and Surgery directorate, with Dr James Ross as Clinical Director and Ms Ghaida Al-Jaddir as Service Lead for Paediatric Specialist Surgery.

We work closely with the department of Adult Ophthalmology, which is part of the Planned Care Division. There are 5 Consultants, one specialty doctor and 1 Oculoplastics Fellow. The department is fully equipped with facilities for anterior and posterior segment laser, fluorescein and ICG angiography, Spectralis OCT, Zeiss Clarus fundus camera, minor ops and intraocular and extraocular surgery. The department has excellent multidisciplinary links with the HIV unit, the Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery Units and the Beta Cell unit for Diabetes and Endocrinology.

Main duties of the job

The locum consultant will be responsible for undertaking outpatient and surgical activity in Paediatric Ophthalmology in line with the draft job plan - please see our attached job description for more details

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for detailed job description and responsibilities.