Job overview The successful candidate will assume a direct clinical role within the department, sharing all facilities equally with the existing consultants. This is a full-time permanent post (11 PAs) General Ophthalmologist with special interest in Medical Glaucoma. The appointee will be joining 32 Consultant Ophthalmologist posts already established. The successful candidate will work 11 PA’s a week, which will include an 8 DCC and 2 SPA split (Flexible working may be considered) with additional activities to be discussed. 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 theatre cover as below.
ii.Provide an Ophthalmic service in accordance with the agreed timetable and subsequent job plan.
iii.Provide trustwide 1 in 10 on call cover
iv.Supervise trainee staff within the Trust.
Please see attached job description for an example of a working week when not on call.
Working for your organisation 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further details in relation to this vacancy, please view the full job description and person specification attached.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name Mr Satish Kotta Job title Consultant Ophthalmologist & Clinical Lead Email address satish.kotta@nhs.net Telephone number 01482 875875
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