Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months
- Hours
- Part time - 5 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 180-LOCON-4820
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrooke's Hospital
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
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Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist to support the medical retina and corneal services.
This post is available asap until 31 December 2024.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will join a team of 20 Consultant Ophthalmologists at an exciting time of new development and investment in the Department of Ophthalmology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Applicants are required to be on the GMC Specialist Register with a CCT in Ophthalmology or Medical Ophthalmology (or be within six months of the expected date of award of CCT at time of interview). Full registration and a Licence to Practice with the GMC is required at the time of application. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.
Working for our organisation
The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.
Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The applicant will be mainly based in the medical retina service which has undergone rapid expansion following the introduction of anti-VEGF intravitreal therapy. There is a dedicated outpatient treatment room for intravitreal injections. There is a retinal imaging suite providing fundus photography, fluorescein angiography, ICG angiography, OCT imaging and B-scan ultrasonography.
The applicant will also provide primary care support for the corneal service working in conjunction with the emergency eye care service. The corneal service is supported by a full range of diagnostic equipment including corneal topography, anterior segment OCT and anterior segment ultrasonography.
The Department of Ophthalmology benefits from a hospital-wide electronic patient record (Epic) which makes Addenbrooke’s Hospital a digitally advanced Trust. This digital system helps to improve patient care and provides opportunities for comprehensive audit evaluations and research projects.
Addenbrooke’s Hospital also provides outstanding facilities for research with opportunities for close collaboration between medical specialties. The Cambridge Eye Research Centre (CERC) provides the research infrastructure for ophthalmology studies within the department.
Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.
Person specification
Shortilistable
Essential criteria
- Questions
- Standards
- Professionalism
- Clinical Skills
- Specialty Specific skills related to the post
- Commitment to Clinical Governance/Improving Quality of patient care Governance/Improving quality of patient care
- Communication Skills
- Personal Skills
- Understanding of the NHS
- Commitment to ongoing Professional Development
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Douglas Newman
- Job title
- Consultant in Ophthalmology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Informal enquiries about this post should be addressed to:
Mr Douglas Newman, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Lead ([email protected])
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