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Consultant Ophthalmologist - Medical Retina
The closing date is 31 July 2025
The successful candidate will assume a direct clinical role within the department, sharing all facilities equally with the existing consultants. This is a substantive post (10 PAs) and the appointee will be joining 32 Consultant Ophthalmologist posts already established. The successful candidate will work 11 PAs per week, which will include an 8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA split (Flexible working may be considered) in addition to 1 PA for on-call work. It is expected that the successful applicant will play an active role in the consultant on call rota.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant will, in conjunction with colleagues:
i. Provide Medical retina face-to-face and virtual clinics
ii. Provide an Ophthalmic service in accordance with the agreed timetable and subsequent job plan
iii. Provide 1 in 10 on call cover for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals
iv. Supervise and help train colleagues including trainees and Allied Health Professionals
v. Help with advice and management of emergency medical retina patients along with the on-call team when needed
vi. Work flexibly to provide adequate cover for colleagues when needed to ensure smooth running of the service
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding this vacancy, Please see attached Job Description & Personal Specification
Person Specification
Professional Registration
* Full GMC registration
* Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: oCertificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) oCertificate of Eligibility for specialist Registration (CESR) Where not available then commitment to work towards CESR competancies will be required
Qualifications and Training
* FRCOphth or equivalent
* Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
* Competent Medical Retina consultant with experience in working autonomously
* Fellowship in Medical Retina
Management and Administration Experience
* Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
* Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
* Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
* Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
* Experience of supervising junior medical staff
* Commitent to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
* Evidence of participation in audit
* Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
* Evidence of having conducted a practice changing audit
* Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
* Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
* Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
* Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
* Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
* Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
* Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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