Speciality Doctor in Ophthalmology

The postholder will work within the Eye Department and closely

with other hospital divisions to provide a high quality, general and specialist

ophthalmic service for the island. The postholder will be expected to be

competent in out-patient management of common acute and chronic eye conditions in

all areas of Ophthalmology. Use of YAG-SLT and Retinal laser treatments is

essential to service. Providing cross cover for the Clinical Nurse Specialists

in the administration of Intravitreal injections and post op cataract clinics

is essential.

Whilst there is presently no requirement for the post holder

to be on-call, the coming years will see a transformation of health and

community care in Jersey. As part of this transformation, on-call arrangements

for this post may potentially feature in the future. In the event of any

changes, the successful applicant will be consulted with and would be

remunerated accordingly.

The post holder will be expected to take part in management

and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed

with colleagues. The eye department holds a monthly teaching meeting and

regular participation in this will be encouraged and expected. The postholder

will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and

support the Governance agenda. The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and

innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service.

Surgical sessions are carried out in Day Surgery. The ophthalmic theatre DSU1 is fully equipped with a modern Zeiss Lumera

microscope, new phacoemulsification and vitrectomy machines, a 810nm laser and all facilities for general ophthalmic uses. All

intraocular theatre sessions are supported by an anaesthetist.

Minor operating facilities are available in both DSU and the outpatient suite with operations and intravitreal injections undertaken

in both areas.

The eye department, both in terms of outpatient and theatre facilities is extensively equipped. Major items include:

Zeiss digital mydriatic fundus camera with a networked imaging system,

Zeiss Cirrus OCT scanner (also networked)

Zeiss IOLMaster

Optomap wide-field camera

A and combined A/B ultrasound scanners

YAG laser

532 nm laser

810nm laser (in theatre)

Pentacam HR corneal topographer

2 Humphrey visual field analysers

Whilst there is presently no requirement for the post holder to be on-call, the coming years will see a transformation of health

and community care in Jersey. As part of this transformation, on-call arrangements for this post may potentially feature in the

future. In the event of any changes, the successful applicant will be consulted with and would be remunerated accordingly. The

post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as

agreed with colleagues. The eye department holds a monthly teaching meeting and regular participation in this will be

encouraged and expected. The postholder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and support

the Governance agenda. The eye department occasionally receives medical students from the University of Southampton both

for regular teaching and for special study modules, and there may therefore be opportunities to be involved in clinic-based

undergraduate teaching.

The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service

Health care professionals in Jersey enjoy more autonomy and the opportunity to shape the public health service in a small island on a development journey.

Jersey is a unique place to live and work and being a Doctor in Jersey is different. As a crown dependency, we are an island nation which includes our own Health Care Service and it is a service on the move with the Enid Quenault health care facility opened in 2023 and commitment to improve and invest in further healthcare facilities including a brand-new acute hospital. Our patients and health professionals are at the centre of all we do, as a doctor you have more time to care and we give more time to you, for your development and wellbeing as well as the opportunity to carry out private patient work.

Health and Care Jersey is recognised for junior doctors and active teaching is encouraged in this role. It is expected that the post holder is participating in the training of medical staff and that the candidate will ensure that the training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. This includes educational support for the clinical fellows recruited directly to Health & Care Jersey.

Opportunities for participating in research are supported when appropriate. The Health & Care Jersey has an advantageous policy for professional leave and is supportive of external duties for the good of the wider profession.

We welcome multi centre research clinical trials if approved from a body such as NHS

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