Job summary
- Main area
- Ophthalmology
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Locum: 6 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 251-MD24144
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital
- Town
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 0
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/11/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist
Locum Consultant
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
This is an opportunity to join the well-established, progressive department of Ophthalmology at HHFT. The successful applicant will join a highly motivated, dynamic team, responsible for the management and treatment of Ophthalmology patients.
The successful candidate will work in partnership with a forward looking and enthusiastic Ophthalmology department. At one site alone the Ophthalmology department saw over 25,000 outpatient attendances in 2018/19 and nearly 5,000 inpatient and day case operations. Each of our existing consultants has a strong general Ophthalmology background with sub-specialty interests in medical retina, glaucoma, uveitis, anterior segment, oculoplastic, and paediatric ophthalmology, and strabismus.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for:-
- Someone with a subspecialist interest in medical retina
- An enthusiastic and friendly clinician
- Experience in general ophthalmology as well as developed medical retina subspecialist skills
- An individual who shares our passion for improving the quality of Ophthalmology services
- Willingness to work in a multidisciplinary team and develop our service and juniors
Working for our organisation
Our service configuration includes a dedicated Eye Day Case Unit (EDCU) at Basingstoke Hospital, a dedicated Ophthalmic Imaging Technician, as well as community eye services that support glaucoma referral refinement and Minor Eye Conditions (MECs) being dealt with closer to home. We also have a specialised theatre at Andover War Memorial Hospital, as well as operating on cases in our day surgery units on both main hospital sites. Just one of our departments saw over 25,000 outpatient attendances in 2018/19 and nearly 5,000 inpatient and day case operations. Each of our existing consultants has a strong general Ophthalmology background with sub-specialty interests in medical retina, glaucoma, uveitis, anterior segment, oculoplastic, and paediatric ophthalmology, and strabismus.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Training and qualifications
Essential criteria
- • FRCOphth or equivalent
- • Full registration with the GMC
- • On GMC Specialist register or within six months of CCT at time of interview
Desirable criteria
- • Fellowship level training in medical retina
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Experience in cataract surgery
- • Experience in all aspects of Ophthalmology
- • Training and experience in subspecialty area
- • Completed a full training program
- • Experience of and participation in clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of risk management
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- • Good written and verbal communication skills and able to communicate effectively with patients, colleagues and all levels of staff
- • Teaching/presentation skills
- • Good IT skills
Desirable criteria
- • Management skills or qualification
- • Educational Qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Mhairi Macpherson
- Job title
- Operational Service Manager, Head and Neck
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07584152229
- Additional information
Caroline Elliott - Deputy Operational Service Manager
William Meacock - Clinical Lead, Ophthalmology, HHFT
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