Locum Consultant Ophthalmologist - Glaucoma

Humber Health Partnership; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Consultant Ophthalmologist to provide glaucoma clinics and support the training of junior staff. The role involves managing patient care in a busy clinical setting, contributing to on-call duties, and ensuring high-quality service delivery. Applicants must be qualified consultants with strong glaucoma management expertise and the ability to work flexibly within a prominent NHS partnership.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Support for continuous professional development

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Glaucoma care.
• Ability to manage emergency cases effectively.
• Skills in supervising and training medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide face-to-face and virtual glaucoma clinics.
• Supervise training for colleagues and allied health professionals.
• Ensure effective cover for colleagues during absences.

Skills

Glaucoma management

Supervising trainees

Flexible clinic management

Education

Qualified Consultant Ophthalmologist

Job description

Overview

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 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

The Consultant will, in conjunction with colleagues:

• Provide Glaucoma face-to-face and virtual clinics
• Provide an Ophthalmic service in accordance with the agreed timetable and subsequent job plan
• Provide 1 in 10 on call cover for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals
• Supervise and help train colleagues including trainees and Allied Health Professionals
• Help with advice and management of emergency Glaucoma patients along with the on-call team when needed
• Work flexibly to provide adequate cover for colleagues when needed to ensure smooth running of the service

Example of a working week when not on call

(Provisional timetable)

Organisation and context

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 with regard to this vacancy, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name Mr Mark Costen
Job title Clinical Lead
Email address [e-mail]
Telephone number 01482 875875