Senior Practitioner in Ophthalmology

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical - Surgery/Anaesthetics/Recovery

• Assess requirements of the theatre/anaesthetic room/recovery room for the operating list
• Provide all necessary equipment and materials for the list
• Monitor all equipment used, act if found to be faulty
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of operative procedures/departmental procedures
• Demonstrate budgetary control, ordering and supplying materials required within agreed budgets.

Teamwork

• Communicate effectively with other members of the theatre team and other clinical work areas
• Acknowledge and value people's roles within the team
• Recognise own and other limitations within the team and take appropriate action
• Provide required resources for anticipated workload and to cover 24-hour emergency rotas
• Manage the theatre team to ensure effective & efficient use of funded theatre time
• Participate in achieving the aims of the department/Trust.

Leadership and Innovation

• Effectively support and lead the theatre team
• Delegate tasks appropriately
• Demonstrate a flexible attitude to changes. Support and implement new changes in practice within the theatre department and the Trust
• Contribute new ideas for change to meet patient and staff needs, provide recommendations, and evaluate change
• Reflect theatre philosophy within their work area
• Recognise, prevent, and diffuse areas of conflict within the theatre environment
• Contribute to the effective & efficient utilisation of theatre resources, identify shortfalls & liaise with the Theatre Manager
• Carry out Personal Development Reviews to meet personal and service objectives

Education and Coaching

• Continually develop own knowledge by evaluating and reflecting on practice
• Maintain a professional profile
• Create a learning environment in theatre
• Act as an assessor/mentor/preceptor to members of staff
• Teach others within the theatre area
• Develop and evaluate learning materials
• Ensure effective supervision and assessment of students within theatre
• Act as a role model to the theatre team
• Promote clinical supervision activity.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Desirable criteria

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Knowledge

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skills

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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 688.3KB)
• UHCW Post Card (PDF, 114.3KB)
• Welcoming Candidates with Disability (PDF, 98.9KB)
• Candidate Information (PDF, 291.8KB)
• How to complete an application form & Values Fact Sheet (DOCX, 874.6KB)